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Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes – Vintage Wall Art

Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes, [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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A window into the past: Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A spiral gravity conveyor, a helical chute that lets barrels and boxes slide down under their own weight rather than being hauled by hand, is the subject of this glass negative. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial firm active in the early twentieth century, documented industrial equipment like this for its clients, and the negative dates from between 1910 and 1920. Streaks and blemishes across the glass come from natural deterioration of the original coatings, and the negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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 seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,911 × 5,321 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260265

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