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Radio at Garfield Hospital [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Radio at Garfield Hospital [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1924] — historic photograph
Radio at Garfield Hospital [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1924]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Step back in time with Radio at Garfield Hospital [Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Radio at Garfield Hospital [Washington, D.C.]

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Radio equipment is the unexpected subject of this view of Garfield Hospital in Washington, D.C., which dates to about 1924, when broadcasting was still new to most American homes and institutions. The hospital was named for President James A. Garfield, and its ordinary daily life is what the picture records. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington from the early 1900s into the 1930s, made the image. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass negative reflect its age.

Created / published[ca. 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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,070 × 4,396 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255701

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