Hudson Maxim – Historic Photo Reproduction
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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: Hudson Maxim, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hudson Maxim, the American inventor and explosives expert, is the subject of this glass negative, made by the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that photographed public figures and government life in the early twentieth century. Maxim is best known for developing smokeless powder and the explosive Maximite, and by the 1920s he was a prolific writer and lecturer on military and scientific matters. The record dates the negative to about 1922 but labels the title as unverified, so the identification rests on the studio's own notes. Visitors should also note the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from the natural breakdown of the original coating.
| Created / published | [1922] |
|---|---|
| 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. Date from negatives in same range. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,320 × 5,342 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-235184 |
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