C & P Tel. Co. – Antique Photo Print
![C & P Tel. Co., [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/83/833cee082ee6-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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A window into the past: C & P Tel. Co., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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C & P Tel. Co.
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The record titles this glass negative "C & P Tel. Co.," which most likely refers to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, the Bell System operating company that served Washington, D.C., and parts of Maryland and Virginia. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm, made a large body of commercial and street photographs of the city in the early twentieth century, and this negative belongs to that run. The title is unverified, so the subject is best read as a business associated with the telephone company during those years. The glass plate also shows streaks and blemishes from the breakdown of its original coating, which are visible traces of its age.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,455 × 5,105 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261146 |
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