Takoma Park, Fourth of July celebration, 7/4/23 – Vintage Wall Art
![Takoma Park, Fourth of July celebration, 7/4/23, [19]23 July 4. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/9061fc4fb8cf-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Takoma Park, Fourth of July celebration, 7/4/23. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Takoma Park, Fourth of July celebration, 7/4/23
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Takoma Park, a Maryland suburb just northwest of Washington, D.C., is the setting for this Fourth of July scene dated July 4, 1923. The picture is a glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that recorded local life, civic events and places in the capital region in the early twentieth century. Glass plates were the standard medium of the period, and their large format held fine detail in faces, clothing and streetscapes. The record notes streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of the original coatings, which show the plate's age as clearly as the scene itself.
| Created / published | [19]23 July 4. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on 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 two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,253 × 4,221 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-238326 |
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