Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24] – Vintage Wall Art
![Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24], [1924 April 26] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/84/84a1d8865c83-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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Step back in time with Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24]
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A boy known only as "Fess" appears in this April 1924 glass negative, caught mid-game of marbles, a pastime that was a fixture of American street and schoolyard life in the early twentieth century. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio whose large body of glass negatives documents Washington, D.C., and the nation's daily life in the period. The record's title is based on unverified information written on the negative sleeve, so the identity of the child is uncertain. Viewers should also notice the streaks and blemishes in the glass, which come from the natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [1924 April 26] |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,932 × 4,283 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-254998 |
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