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Benj. Franklin Candy Co., [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Benj. Franklin Candy Co., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Benj. Franklin Candy Co., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Benj. Franklin Candy Co., [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Benj. Franklin Candy Co., [Washington, D.C.]

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The particular detail here is the business itself: a candy company operating in Washington, D.C., recorded on a glass negative made in the early 1920s. The National Photo Company, which produced this image, was a commercial studio that photographed the capital's streets, storefronts and businesses for sale as postcards and prints, so a shot like this documents an ordinary shopfront at a moment when the city was filling with small retailers. The negative is 8 by 6 inches, and its surface shows streaks and blemishes from age, a reminder that these plates were fragile and that many survive only in damaged condition.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. On envelope: Lewis McCabe. 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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,553 × 7,186 px · prints to 19 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259641

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