Madam Selva – Vintage Photo Print
![Madam Selva, [1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/75e42caec27e-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.)
Description
A window into the past: Madam Selva, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Madam Selva
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A name written on the negative sleeve, "Madam Selva," is the only identifying detail for this portrait, and the Library of Congress has not verified it. The picture belongs to the National Photo Company collection, the commercial studio active in Washington, D.C., in the early twentieth century, whose glass negatives record city life, public figures and visiting performers. Its approximate 1921 date comes from neighboring negatives in the same batch, not from the image itself. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural breakdown of the original coating, so they are part of the object's physical history.
| Created / published | [1921] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,381 × 4,357 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-233766 |
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