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Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], drawing room – Antique Print

Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], drawing room, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph
Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], drawing room, [between 1916 and 1917]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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: Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], drawing room, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Mexican Embassy, [Washington, D.C.], drawing room

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The National Photo Company's Washington work often included interiors of foreign legations, and this glass negative shows the drawing room of the Mexican Embassy in the nation's capital, dated between 1916 and 1917. Those years were a tense period in U.S.-Mexican relations, as the Mexican Revolution played out across the border and the Wilson administration weighed questions of recognition and intervention. The date is a range drawn from similar negatives rather than a firm record, so the exact timing remains uncertain. The streaks and blemishes visible on the glass come from the emulsion coatings deteriorating over time, a common condition in negatives of this age.

Created / published[between 1916 and 1917]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,489 × 5,116 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262103

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