Agrl. Dept., Biological Survey laboratory – Historic Photograph Print
![Agrl. Dept., Biological Survey laboratory, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c6/c6b90d37c12a-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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Agrl. Dept., Biological Survey laboratory 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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Agrl. Dept., Biological Survey laboratory
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The Biological Survey, a Department of Agriculture unit that studied birds, mammals, and crop-damaging pests, is the office this laboratory is tied to, though the record notes that the title is unverified. The picture survives as an 8 by 6 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented government work and city life around 1920. Glass plates like this one captured fine detail, but the coating has deteriorated over time, leaving streaks and blemishes across the surface.
| Created / published | [ca. 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,137 × 5,456 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258796 |
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