Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly of N.Y., 6/17/21 – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly of N.Y., 6/17/21, [19]21 June 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a1a63356d4aa-L.webp)
(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: Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly of N.Y., 6/17/21, 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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Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly of N.Y., 6/17/21
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Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly is the only sitter named in this record, and the portrait comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that made thousands of glass negatives for newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century. The title and date of June 17, 1921, were supplied by the company itself, though the Library of Congress notes they remain unverified. Alice McKay was the daughter of the New York financier Clarence Mackay, and her connection to the Kelly family is worth noticing for anyone tracing society portraiture of the period. The glass plate shows the streaks and surface wear typical of aging emulsions, which is part of its character as a surviving original.
| Created / published | [19]21 June 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,379 × 5,982 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-251267 |
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