Finger prints of monk. – Vintage 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Finger prints of monk., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Finger prints of monk.
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The title on this glass negative describes a monk's fingerprints, though the label comes from the National Photo Company and has not been independently verified. The plate is dated to about 1921, when the Washington, D.C., firm was producing large numbers of photographs for newspapers and general sale. The Library of Congress received the collection as a gift in 1947, and the negative shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual deterioration of its original coatings, a common sign of age in glass plates of this period. Fingerprinting was by then a standard method of identification, which gives the subject a documentary character worth noting.
| Created / published | [1921] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,370 × 4,362 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-233489 |
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