Secty. & Mrs. Wilbur leaving church, 4/21/24 – Historic Photograph Print
![Secty. & Mrs. Wilbur leaving church, 4/21/24, [19]24 April 21. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6a/6aa4fde8b902-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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A window into the past: Secty. & Mrs. Wilbur leaving church, 4/21/24, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Secty. & Mrs. Wilbur leaving church, 4/21/24
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Photographed as they left church on April 21, 1924, the Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur appear in this glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that documented official and everyday life in the capital in the early twentieth century. The title's "Secty." most likely refers to Curtis D. Wilbur, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1924 to 1929. Glass plates were a common medium for commercial work of the period, and the coating on this negative has deteriorated, leaving streaks and blemishes that are worth noticing. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947.
| Created / published | [19]24 April 21. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,304 × 5,300 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-240397 |
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