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Medinah Temple, Chicago, Ill., 5/6/23 – Historic Print

Medinah Temple, Chicago, Ill., 5/6/23, [19]23 May 6. — historic photograph
Medinah Temple, Chicago, Ill., 5/6/23, [19]23 May 6.. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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A window into the past: Medinah Temple, Chicago, Ill., 5/6/23, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Medinah Temple, Chicago, Ill., 5/6/23

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Medinah Temple, the Chicago home of the Shriners' Medinah Shrine, is the subject of this May 6, 1923, glass negative, made by the National Photo Company. The company was a commercial firm that documented American cities and landmarks in the early twentieth century, and its negatives are valued as a record of how places looked in that period. Temple buildings of the Shriners drew on Moorish and Islamic-inspired design, which gave their architecture an exotic character that set them apart from the city's commercial blocks. The negative shows the streaks and blemishes that come from age in its glass plate coating, which is worth keeping in mind when judging fine detail.

Created / published[19]23 May 6.
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. 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 five.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,180 × 4,458 px · prints to 21 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-253637

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