Old employees of Pension Ofc., 5/1/20 – Antique Photo 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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A window into the past: Old employees of Pension Ofc., 5/1/20, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Old employees of Pension Ofc., 5/1/20
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A group of longtime workers from the Pension Office, dated May 1, 1920, appears in this glass negative from the National Photo Company. The Pension Bureau occupied the Pension Building in Washington, D.C., completed in 1887, whose great hall has tall Corinthian columns and hosted inaugural balls. The company documented government offices and city life in the capital in the early twentieth century, so the plate offers a glimpse of federal clerical staff just after the First World War. The title comes from unverified data, and the glass shows streaks from age.
| Created / published | [19]20 May 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Photograph in envelope. 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,203 × 5,569 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258410 |
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