Weather Bureau, meteorograph to see how fast the wind is blowing – Vintage Wall Art
![Weather Bureau, meteorograph to see how fast the wind is blowing, [ca. 1924] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/727a009ce7e1-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: Weather Bureau, meteorograph to see how fast the wind is blowing, 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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Weather Bureau, meteorograph to see how fast the wind is blowing
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A meteorograph, an instrument built to show how fast the wind is blowing, is the focus of this picture, which was made for the Weather Bureau. Instruments of this kind typically recorded wind and other readings on a moving drum, giving forecasters a continuous log rather than a single reading. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington and its government agencies in the early twentieth century. Its glass negative, dated to about 1924, shows streaks and other blemishes from the gradual breakdown of its original coating, a reminder of how fragile these plates are.
| Created / published | [ca. 1924] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,043 × 4,385 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255826 |
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