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Miss Grace Hazen, Bu. of Standards testing radio wave meters, 5/19/25 – Vintage Wall Art

Miss Grace Hazen, Bu. of Standards testing radio wave meters, 5/19/25, [19]25 May 19. — historic photograph
Miss Grace Hazen, Bu. of Standards testing radio wave meters, 5/19/25, [19]25 May 19.. 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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Miss Grace Hazen, Bu. of Standards testing radio wave meters, 5/19/25 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Miss Grace Hazen, Bu. of Standards testing radio wave meters, 5/19/25

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The subject here is Grace Hazen, shown at work testing radio wave meters at the Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1925. The Bureau was the federal government's measurement laboratory, and its radio work in the 1920s helped set the standards that early broadcasting and aviation equipment depended on. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that produced news and publicity photographs for newspapers and government agencies during this period. Its glass negative shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual breakdown of the original coating, so the print carries some of the physical history of the plate itself.

Created / published[19]25 May 19.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass 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 scan5,943 × 4,267 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256396

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