Highway bridge – Historic Photograph Print
![Highway bridge, [between 1909 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/83/83755cf7199c-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Highway bridge. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A highway bridge is the subject here, one of the road crossings that multiplied as automobile travel spread across the United States between about 1909 and 1923. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial firm, produced views like this one for postcards and publications, and Herbert A. French gave its glass negatives to the Library of Congress in 1947. The title comes from the company's own notes, which have not been verified, so the exact site remains uncertain. The negative shows streaks and other blemishes from the original coatings breaking down over time.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,915 × 4,317 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248160 |
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