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Walter Reed Physiotherapy story – Antique Photo Print

Walter Reed Physiotherapy story, [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Walter Reed Physiotherapy story, [between 1920 and 1921]. 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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Taken at Walter Reed, the Army's medical center in Washington, D.C., this glass negative records a physiotherapy session, a kind of treatment that grew quickly after the First World War as hospitals worked to restore movement to wounded soldiers. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that produced press and publicity pictures in the 1910s and 1920s, made the image, and its title comes from the company's own unverified notation. The date is inferred from other negatives in the same range, placing it between 1920 and 1921. Streaks and blemishes on the glass reflect natural deterioration of the original coating over time.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan7,187 × 5,513 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259179

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