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[Unidentified man] – Historic Photograph Print

[Unidentified man], [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man], [between 1909 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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Nothing in the record names the man in this glass negative, and the title was devised by Library staff rather than the original maker. The plate is dated somewhere between 1909 and 1940, a period when the National Photo Company ran its Washington, D.C., studio and produced portraits and views of the city that now form a major part of the Library's holdings. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library in 1947. Look closely and you will see streaks and blemishes, the result of the coating on the glass breaking down over time, a common condition in negatives of this age.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,368 × 5,982 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257731

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