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U.S. Ship Preston, 1910 – Vintage Wall Art

U.S. Ship Preston, 1910, 1910 — historic photograph
U.S. Ship Preston, 1910, 1910. 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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U.S. Ship Preston, 1910 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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U.S. Ship Preston, 1910

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The record identifies this as the U.S. Ship Preston, a 1910 view, though the title comes from unverified notes written on the negative or its sleeve, so the vessel's identity deserves some caution. The image is a glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that documented government, military, and civic life in the early twentieth century. Glass plates like this one recorded fine detail that later film could not always match, but the emulsion could also deteriorate, and streaks and blemishes are visible on this example. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947.

Created / published1910
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. 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 scan6,495 × 5,110 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262050

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