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Coolidge busts – Vintage Photo Print

Coolidge busts, [1923] — historic photograph
Coolidge busts, [1923]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Coolidge busts in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few subjects in this set are as specific as a pair of sculpted busts of Calvin Coolidge, the Vermont lawyer who rose from Massachusetts politics to the vice presidency and then the presidency in 1923. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the capital's officials, public events and monuments in the early twentieth century, likely made the picture for use in print or the company's own files. The title comes from the studio's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the subject is best read as recorded. The glass plate shows streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of its original coating, which is common in negatives of this age.

Created / published[1923]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 three.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,341 × 4,268 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-239350

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