Walter Reed, Christmas story, [12/24/20] – Vintage Print
![Walter Reed, Christmas story, [12/24/20], [1920 December 24] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/63d55b9f35e7-L.webp)
(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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Walter Reed, Christmas story, [12/24/20] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Walter Reed, Christmas story, [12/24/20]
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Labeled "Walter Reed, Christmas story," this glass negative takes its title from data the National Photo Company recorded on the negative or its sleeve, a source the Library of Congress describes as unverified. Walter Reed was the Army physician whose yellow fever work in Cuba changed how the disease was controlled, so the name points toward Army life in the early twentieth century, though the record does not explain the connection. The National Photo Company worked in Washington, D.C., from about 1907 to 1932, and its plates offer a record of the city in those years. Expect streaks and blemishes, which come from natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [1920 December 24] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,937 × 4,266 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-250178 |
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