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Atlantic City Scouts on Ellipse – Historic Print

Atlantic City Scouts on Ellipse, [1926] — historic photograph
Atlantic City Scouts on Ellipse, [1926]. Historic photograph from the Atlantic City 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 Atlantic City Scouts on Ellipse. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Atlantic City Scouts on Ellipse

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Boys in Boy Scout uniforms from Atlantic City, New Jersey, were photographed on the Ellipse, the open grassy park just south of the White House in Washington, D.C., a common stop for visiting groups. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that documented the capital and its visitors in the early twentieth century, made the image on a glass negative. Its title and date come from the studio's own notes and from neighboring negatives, so the specifics are not fully verified. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural breakdown of its original coating, which is worth noticing when looking at the print.

Created / published[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 scan5,601 × 4,399 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-245132

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