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Oberlin tree planting, 11/5/23 – Historic Photo Reproduction

Oberlin tree planting, 11/5/23, [19]23 November 5. — historic photograph
Oberlin tree planting, 11/5/23, [19]23 November 5.. 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 Oberlin tree planting, 11/5/23. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Oberlin tree planting, 11/5/23

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Among the pictures in this collection, this one stands out for its Ohio setting: a tree planting in Oberlin, the college town in northern Ohio, dated November 5, 1923. It survives as a glass negative, a fragile medium whose coatings often streak or flake with age, and the blemishes visible here reflect that natural deterioration. The National Photo Company made the negative, and Herbert A. French gave it to the Library of Congress in 1947. The title comes from notes the studio wrote on the negative and has not been independently verified, so the occasion is best read as the studio's own record.

Created / published[19]23 November 5.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,317 × 4,268 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-239169

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