Spanish Way Veterans' group at Pub. Library, 5/25/13 – Vintage Wall Art
![Spanish Way Veterans' group at Pub. Library, 5/25/13, [19]13 May 25. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7cdbc78ddab8-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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Spanish Way Veterans' group at Pub. Library, 5/25/13. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Spanish Way Veterans' group at Pub. Library, 5/25/13
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The record names a veterans' group called the Spanish Way gathering at a public library on May 25, 1913, a specific occasion that sets this negative apart from the many portraits and street scenes in the National Photo Company Collection. The company, which operated in Washington, D.C., in the early twentieth century, documented civic life, and its glass negatives were made to be printed in quantity. Herbert A. French gave this example to the Library of Congress in 1947. Viewers should notice the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from the natural breakdown of the original coating over time.
| Created / published | [19]13 May 25. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,426 × 5,159 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260770 |
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