Volunteer – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Volunteer, 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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Few details survive about this 1895 glass negative titled simply "Volunteer," and its attribution to the Detroit Publishing Company rests on the style of the title and its catalog number rather than a signed credit. The 8 by 10 inch plate cracked through the center, a flaw that shows how fragile these early negatives were. The Detroit company sold large numbers of views during the 1890s, many made for travel and commercial markets. The plate reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on style of title and numbering. Negative cracked through center. 247" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021989. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65014 |
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