Storm of July 30, 1913 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 historic photograph of Storm of July 30, 1913 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Storm of July 30, 1913
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The title points to a storm on July 30, 1913, though the National Photo Company's own label for the subject is unverified, so the scene itself remains open to question. The company, which worked in Washington, D.C., in the early twentieth century, recorded city streets, public events and everyday life on large glass plates like this 8 x 10 inch negative. Sudden summer storms were a familiar part of life in the capital, and a dated plate like this one gives a useful glimpse of how the city looked that day. Look closely and you will see streaks and blemishes, the marks of deterioration in the original coating rather than of the scene.
| Created / published | 1913 July 30. |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 | 6,432 × 5,144 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260956 |
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