Balderson & Hayden, Swift & Co. Ed McLean, Friendship – Historic Print
![Balderson & Hayden, Swift & Co. Ed McLean, Friendship, [between 1918 and 1928] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ca/ca0c1ad6cd8b-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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Step back in time with Balderson & Hayden, Swift & Co. Ed McLean, Friendship, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Balderson & Hayden, Swift & Co. Ed McLean, Friendship
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The title on this glass negative pairs the names Balderson & Hayden, Swift & Co., and Ed McLean with the word Friendship, though the National Photo Company's label for it is unverified. The plate belongs to a body of work the company made in Washington, D.C., in the early twentieth century, and it came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. Its date falls between 1918 and 1928, and the glass shows streaks and blemishes from the natural decay of its original coatings.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1928] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| 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 | 6,365 × 5,134 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262583 |
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