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Miss Martha Travella Speakman – Antique Photo Print

Miss Martha Travella Speakman, [1923] — historic photograph
Miss Martha Travella Speakman, [1923]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Miss Martha Travella Speakman. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Miss Martha Travella Speakman

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A portrait of Miss Martha Travella Speakman survives on this glass negative, though the name comes from data the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve and has not been independently verified. The studio, based in Washington, D.C., worked from the early 1900s into the 1930s, photographing residents, officials and public events, and its plates were given to the Library of Congress in 1947. The date of about 1923 is inferred from negatives in the same range rather than from the sitter herself. Visitors should also note the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which result from natural deterioration of the original coatings.

Created / published[1923]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,059 × 4,413 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-254242

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