Ladies of Army & Navy Legion of Valor, 10/4/24 – Historic Photograph Print
![Ladies of Army & Navy Legion of Valor, 10/4/24, [19]24 October 4. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/84/849212c6e6c4-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: Ladies of Army & Navy Legion of Valor, 10/4/24, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ladies of Army & Navy Legion of Valor, 10/4/24
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The title names the Ladies of the Army & Navy Legion of Valor, a women's auxiliary tied to the Army and Navy Legion of Valor, a veterans' society for recipients of the Medal of Honor and other valor decorations. This glass negative, dated October 4, 1924, comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that documented public life in the capital in the early twentieth century. Its plate-based format reflects how newspapers and officials obtained quick, reproducible images of such gatherings. Faint streaks and blemishes are typical of aging glass negatives and are part of the physical record.
| Created / published | [19]24 October 4. |
|---|---|
| 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,044 × 4,354 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255582 |
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