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W.S. Culbartson, U.S. Tariff Com. – Vintage Photo Print

W.S. Culbartson, U.S. Tariff Com., [ca. 1921] — historic photograph
W.S. Culbartson, U.S. Tariff Com., [ca. 1921]. 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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A window into the past: W.S. Culbartson, U.S. Tariff Com., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The name on this glass negative identifies the sitter as W.S. Culbartson of the U.S. Tariff Commission, although the title comes from unverified data supplied by the National Photo Company. The Tariff Commission was a federal body created in 1916 to study trade and advise on import duties, and its work drew wide attention in the years after World War I, when tariff rates were a central question in economic policy. The National Photo Company, based in Washington, D.C., made many portraits of government officials and other public figures, so the picture documents the capital's official life of that era. Streaks and blemishes visible on the glass come from the gradual deterioration of the original coatings rather than from the photograph itself.

Created / published[ca. 1921]
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 five.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,368 × 6,039 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-251343

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