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Geo. E. Chamberlain & Paul Howland – Vintage Photo Print

Geo. E. Chamberlain & Paul Howland, [1924] — historic photograph
Geo. E. Chamberlain & Paul Howland, [1924]. 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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This historic photograph of Geo. E. Chamberlain & Paul Howland brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Geo. E. Chamberlain & Paul Howland

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The sitters are named on the negative sleeve as George E. Chamberlain and Paul Howland, though that identification comes from the National Photo Company's own notes and has not been independently confirmed. Chamberlain served as governor of Oregon and later as a United States senator, and a 1924 date would place the picture after his Senate service ended in 1921. The image survives as a small glass negative, and the streaks and blemishes across its surface are the kind of deterioration that affects early photographic coatings over time.

Created / published[1924]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,385 × 6,032 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-254813

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