Dist. of Col. Paper Co. – Antique Photo Print
![Dist. of Col. Paper Co., [1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cb/cbc47cc9075d-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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Dist. of Col. Paper Co. 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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Dist. of Col. Paper Co.
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The title points to a Washington business, the District of Columbia Paper Company, though that caption was added later and has not been verified. The glass plate comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that recorded the city's streets, businesses, and civic life in the early twentieth century, and its date of about 1923 is inferred from neighboring negatives in the same batch. Glass plates were the standard medium of that era, and the streaks and blemishes visible on the surface reflect the natural deterioration of the original emulsion coating over time.
| Created / published | [1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified caption data provided by the National Photo Company on negatives or negative sleeves. 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 two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,264 × 4,197 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-237103 |
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