Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress
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Herbert Putnam, who led the Library of Congress from 1899 to 1939, is the sitter in this glass negative, a small format plate made in the studio of the National Photo Company, which documented Washington officials and public life in the early twentieth century. Putnam presided over a period of major growth for the library, including the expansion that eventually filled the Jefferson Building. The record's title comes from data written on the negative by the company itself and has not been independently verified, and the date is inferred from neighboring negatives, so the portrait is best read as a c. 1921 record of the librarian rather than a precisely dated one.
| Created / published | [ca. 1921] |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,345 × 6,050 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-251336 |
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