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Western High School Band – Vintage Photo Print

Western High School Band, [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
Western High School Band, [between 1909 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Western High School Band. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Western High School Band

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Few details in the record name the players or the year, but the title points to a school band photographed during the early decades of the twentieth century. The National Photo Company, which operated mainly in Washington, D.C., from about 1907 to the 1940s, made a large body of street, school, and civic pictures during that period. This safety film negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. Its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coatings, which is worth keeping in mind when judging the image's tones and detail.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
Medium1 negative : safety film ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreSafety film negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,966 × 4,328 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257682

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