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[Two little boys in overalls standing in a dirt road, balancing loads on their heads] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Two little boys in overalls standing in a dirt road, balancing loads on their heads], [1920] — historic photograph
[Two little boys in overalls standing in a dirt road, balancing loads on their heads], [1920]. 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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Two small boys in overalls stand on a dirt road, each steadying a load balanced on his head, and the pose draws the eye more than the empty road does. The picture belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a commercial firm that photographed American life in the early twentieth century, and it is dated to about 1920. Viewers should notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass negative, which come from natural deterioration of its original coatings and are common on plates of this age.

Created / published[1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from negative caption shelflist card. 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 one.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,126 × 4,213 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-231290

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