Miss Irene Montgomery – Vintage Photo Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Miss Irene Montgomery in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Miss Irene Montgomery
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Miss Irene Montgomery, a circus performer, is shown wearing a zebra-lined coat belonging to John R. Agee, a circus manager, which the caption values at $5,000. The 1920 National Photo Company negative records a publicity moment: the caption says she assisted at a community service mass meeting at the Navy Department that day. Such staged pairings of entertainers with notable costume pieces were common in wartime-era press photography, when companies used familiar faces to draw attention to civic causes. The glass plate, now in the Library of Congress, shows the streaks of natural deterioration typical of aging negatives.
| Created / published | 1920 Feb. 11. |
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| 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 the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Miss Irene Montgomery known among the circus folks as the most perfect formed, circus performer in the business. Miss Montgomery is wearing the Zebra lined coat of Director John R. Agee, Circus Manager which is valued at $5000. Miss Mongomery Assisted" at the community Service Mass Meeting at the Navy Dept. today. 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 one." |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,417 × 4,432 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-230437 |
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