Smith building – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Smith building, [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b3/b314ff4e3e1b-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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Step back in time with Smith building, a historic photograph rich in period 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 record identifies this glass negative only as the "Smith building," a title its original makers wrote on the negative or its sleeve, and the Library of Congress has not verified it, so the exact building remains uncertain. It is one of the National Photo Company glass negatives, which were made in the 1910s and early 1920s, when the firm was documenting streets, buildings, and people in Washington, D.C. Glass plates were the standard working medium of that period, and the record notes streaks and blemishes from the aging of the original emulsion, which are visible on many negatives of this age.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1926] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,153 × 6,414 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261421 |
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