C & P Tel. Co. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![C & P Tel. Co., [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e4/e488cf7e5d86-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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Step back in time with C & P Tel. Co., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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C & P Tel. Co.
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The title names the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, the regional carrier that served Washington, D.C., and parts of Maryland and Virginia in the early twentieth century, and its abbreviation appears on this glass negative as a company identifier. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the city and its businesses in the 1910s and 1920s, made the image, so it captures the everyday commercial life of the capital during the rapid expansion of telephone service. Because the title is unverified and the date is inferred from negatives in the same range, the exact scene should be read with some caution. Faint streaks and blemishes from the aging of the glass coating are also visible.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,506 × 5,139 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261161 |
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