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Oscar E. Bland, Judge of Court of Customs Appeals, 3/20/23 – Vintage Wall Art

Oscar E. Bland, Judge of Court of Customs Appeals, 3/20/23, [19]23 March 20. — historic photograph
Oscar E. Bland, Judge of Court of Customs Appeals, 3/20/23, [19]23 March 20.. 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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Step back in time with Oscar E. Bland, Judge of Court of Customs Appeals, 3/20/23, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Oscar E. Bland, Judge of Court of Customs Appeals, 3/20/23

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Few portraits in the National Photo Company collection record a federal judge as precisely as this one, dated March 20, 1923, which identifies the sitter as Oscar E. Bland of the Court of Customs Appeals. That tribunal heard disputes over import duties and sat in Washington, D.C., where its members were often photographed for newspapers. The National Photo Company, active in the capital in the early twentieth century, made many such portraits on glass plates, and this negative's surface shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual breakdown of its original coatings.

Created / published[19]23 March 20.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,159 × 6,414 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259873

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