Dwight F. Davis, 3/6/23 – Antique Photo Print
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(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: Dwight F. Davis, 3/6/23, 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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Dwight F. Davis, 3/6/23
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Dwight F. Davis, the tennis champion who founded the Davis Cup in 1900, is the subject of this 1923 portrait, which dates the negative to March 6 of that year. Davis later served as Secretary of War under President Calvin Coolidge and as Governor-General of the Philippines, so the sitting falls in the years before his public career reached its height. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio known for portraits and news pictures, made the negative on glass, a format that was common for studio work of the period. Viewers may notice streaks and small blemishes, which come from the gradual breakdown of the original coating on the glass.
| Created / published | [19]23 March 6. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,412 × 6,054 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-253276 |
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