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[Telephone/radio operators?] – Vintage Photo Print

[Telephone/radio operators?], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
[Telephone/radio operators?], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Telephone/radio operators?]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title on this glass negative carries a question mark, so the scene's exact subject is uncertain. It may show telephone switchboard work, radio operation, or both, a period when switchboards employed large numbers of women and radio was only beginning to reach homes. The plate is a copy negative, made from an earlier image and given to the Library of Congress by Herbert A. French in 1947. Streaks and other blemishes on the glass come from the original coatings deteriorating over time, and they are worth keeping in mind when judging fine detail.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg. 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 scan5,189 × 6,432 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259814

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