Arthur Gerth & Helen Edwards, American U., 5/20/26 – Vintage Wall Art
![Arthur Gerth & Helen Edwards, American U., 5/20/26, [19]26 May 20. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e8/e881107874e9-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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A window into the past: Arthur Gerth & Helen Edwards, American U., 5/20/26, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Arthur Gerth & Helen Edwards, American U., 5/20/26
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Two named people, Arthur Gerth and Helen Edwards, are the subjects here, with American University in Washington, D.C., as the setting, and the record dates the negative to May 20, 1926. The National Photo Company operated a studio in the capital in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives record everyday life, events and people around the city during those decades. Herbert A. French gave this negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. The title comes from data the studio wrote on the negative or its sleeve and has not been verified, and the glass shows streaks and blemishes from the breakdown of its original coating.
| Created / published | [19]26 May 20. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,587 × 4,392 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-245201 |
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