Embassy staff, Latvia, 10/21/22 – Antique Photo Print
![Embassy staff, Latvia, 10/21/22, [19]22 October 21. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e8/e8dbc4d68f2c-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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This rare historic photograph captures Embassy staff, Latvia, 10/21/22 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Embassy staff, Latvia, 10/21/22
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Few details about the people in this group survive, and the title and date come from notes on the negative sleeve that have not been independently verified. The picture does offer a glimpse of American diplomatic work in Latvia after the Baltic republic declared independence in 1918 and the United States granted it formal recognition in 1922. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio active in the early twentieth century, made many portraits of this kind, and this 4 by 5 inch glass negative reached the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. Look closely and you may notice streaks and blemishes, the natural deterioration of the original coating on aging glass.
| Created / published | [19]22 October 21. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title and date 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 two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,401 × 4,366 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-236583 |
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