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Lodge addressing Mass. Society, 5/4/23 – Historic Photo Reproduction

Lodge addressing Mass. Society, 5/4/23, [19]23 May 4. — historic photograph
Lodge addressing Mass. Society, 5/4/23, [19]23 May 4.. 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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Lodge addressing Mass. Society, 5/4/23

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A speaker named Lodge addresses the Massachusetts Society on May 4, 1923, according to a title the National Photo Company wrote on the negative, though that title has not been independently verified. The surname may point to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, a prominent public figure of the period. The picture survives as a 5 by 7 inch glass negative from the company's large collection of event photographs, which documented life in Washington and elsewhere in the early twentieth century. Streaks and small blemishes are visible because the original coatings have deteriorated naturally over time, a common condition for glass plates of this age.

Created / published[19]23 May 4.
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. 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 scan4,548 × 6,258 px · prints to 15 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-253507

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