Snedeger, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1919 – Antique Wall Art
(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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Snedeger, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1919 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Snedeger, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1919
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Labeled with the name Snedeger and West Virginia Wesleyan, this 1919 view points to football at the Methodist-affiliated college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The title came from the National Photo Company, the Washington, D.C., firm that photographed sports, politics and news through the 1910s and 1920s, though the record notes that the label itself is unverified. Collegiate football was growing in popularity during these years, and the company's glass negatives give a close look at the players and the period's game. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes, which the catalog attributes to natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,176 × 4,176 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229837 |
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