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Georgetown University – Vintage Photo Print

Georgetown University, [1925 or 1926] — historic photograph
Georgetown University, [1925 or 1926]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Georgetown University in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The campus at Georgetown University, the Jesuit school on the heights above the Potomac in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, and the image is one of the many glass negatives the National Photo Company made of the capital's institutions in the 1920s. Georgetown was founded in 1789, making it the oldest Catholic university in the United States. The company's Washington views were commercial work, and they now document the city's buildings and daily life during that decade. The record dates the negative to 1925 or 1926, and it notes streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coating, which are worth noticing when you look at the plate.

Created / published[1925 or 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,535 × 4,379 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-244884

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