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Coolidge & Slemp – Vintage Photo Print

Coolidge & Slemp, [1924] — historic photograph
Coolidge & Slemp, [1924]. 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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The title pairs Calvin Coolidge with Virginia Republican C. Bascom Slemp, and the record dates the scene to about 1924. Slemp, a congressman from southwestern Virginia, served as secretary to the president in the early Coolidge years, after Warren Harding's death in 1923 brought Coolidge to the presidency. The negative came from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded officials, visitors and public events in the capital in the early twentieth century. The glass plate shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating, so the image may look hazy in places.

Created / published[1924]
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 scan5,282 × 4,239 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-240713

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