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[Unidentified man and woman at desk with typewriter] – Vintage Wall Art

[Unidentified man and woman at desk with typewriter], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man and woman at desk with typewriter], [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A window into the past: [Unidentified man and woman at desk with typewriter], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Unidentified man and woman at desk with typewriter]

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Two unidentified people sit at a desk with a typewriter, a scene of everyday office work preserved on a small glass negative. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio in Washington, D.C., made large numbers of pictures of the city and its institutions in the early twentieth century, and this negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. Because the Library's staff devised the title, the sitters and the exact office remain unknown. Look closely and you will see streaks and blemishes, the result of the glass plate's coating deteriorating over time.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesDate span reflects dates range of negatives in collection. Title devised by Library staff. 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 scan4,292 × 5,270 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-247594

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