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[Four unidentified men], 9/3/23 – Antique Photo Print

[Four unidentified men], 9/3/23, [19]23 September 3. — historic photograph
[Four unidentified men], 9/3/23, [19]23 September 3.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Four unidentified men], 9/3/23. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Four unidentified men], 9/3/23

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Four men, still unidentified, stand in this 1923 glass negative dated September 3, and the title was devised by Library staff because the original record names no one. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that made thousands of commercial and news pictures in the early twentieth century. Glass plates like this one were common in that era, and their light-sensitive coatings often break down over time. Streaks and blemishes on the surface are visible here, the result of that natural deterioration rather than anything in the scene itself.

Created / published[19]23 September 3.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. 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 two.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,276 × 4,245 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-238775

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