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Mr. Bela Orme – Historic Photograph Print

Mr. Bela Orme, [1922] — historic photograph
Mr. Bela Orme, [1922]. 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 Mr. Bela Orme. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Mr. Bela Orme

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A portrait of a man identified in the record as Mr. Bela Orme, a name the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve but that the library has not independently verified. The glass plate dates from about 1922, when the Washington, D.C., studio was producing large numbers of portraits and views on glass negatives of this size. Streaks and blemishes mark the image, the result of the emulsion coating deteriorating naturally over the decades since the plate was exposed. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947.

Created / published[1922]
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 scan4,351 × 6,005 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-252248

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