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Emma Godey – Vintage Wall Art

Emma Godey, [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
Emma Godey, [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: Emma Godey, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The record names only Emma Godey, and it does not say who she was or what occasion led to the sitting, so the picture is best read through its origins. It comes from the National Photo Company collection, the work of a commercial studio in Washington, D.C., which in the early twentieth century recorded officials, society figures, and everyday city life. The print is dated only to a span between 1909 and 1932, a period when studio portraiture was becoming less formal, and that shift is worth noticing in how the sitter presents herself.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Social Life & Customs. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Piano.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,417 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120860

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