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Mt. Vernon, [Virginia] – Historic Photo Reproduction

Mt. Vernon, [Virginia], [1926] — historic photograph
Mt. Vernon, [Virginia], [1926]. 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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Mt. Vernon, [Virginia]

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Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia estate on the Potomac, is the setting here, and this view comes from a glass negative made by the National Photo Company around 1926. That firm produced a large body of travel and landmark photographs for sale to visitors, and its negatives were later gifted to the Library of Congress, where this one was catalogued in 1947. The title and date come from the company's own notes and from neighboring negatives, so they are not independently verified. Visitors to the estate in that era often came by steamer down the Potomac, and the house and grounds were already a national shrine. Faint streaks on the glass are a common result of aging emulsion coatings.

Created / published[1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--Virginia--Mt. Vernon.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,965 × 4,272 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256837

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