Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist, Oct. 4/19 – Vintage Photo Print
![Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist, Oct. 4/19, [19]19 October 4. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/82def2ff5477-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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This historic photograph of Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist, Oct. 4/19 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist, Oct. 4/19
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The glass negative is titled "Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist," a label that casts her as a rarity among federal scientists in 1919. That October date places the sitting just after the First World War, when women made up a small share of government laboratory staff. The National Photo Company, based in Washington, D.C., made many portraits of federal workers in this period, so the picture shows how the government presented its employees to the public. The title comes from unverified data on the negative, so the "only" claim reflects the caption rather than a confirmed fact.
| Created / published | [19]19 October 4. |
|---|---|
| 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. 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. |
| Subjects | Foster, Margaret D. (Margaret Dorothy),--b. 1895. Government employees. Scientists. Women. Laboratories. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,154 × 4,181 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229863 |
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