Separators one of which is open, showing three screens for separating the sugar grains – Historic Photograph Print
![Separators one of which is open, showing three screens for separating the sugar grains, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c2/c23b288fd7c0-L.webp)
(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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Separators one of which is open, showing three screens for separating the sugar grains 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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Separators one of which is open, showing three screens for separating the sugar grains
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Three screens stacked inside an open separator are the focus of this view, showing how sugar grains were sorted by size during processing. Sugar manufacturing in the 1910s relied on machinery like this to grade crystals before packing, and the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial studio, recorded many industrial subjects of the period. The glass negative, dated roughly 1910 to 1920, shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual deterioration of its original coating. It came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,881 × 5,337 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260268 |
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