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Debutantes with Summer Follies, Mary Seldon, Dora Wagner, 6/30 – Vintage Wall Art

Debutantes with Summer Follies, Mary Seldon, Dora Wagner, 6/30, [1924] June 30. — historic photograph
Debutantes with Summer Follies, Mary Seldon, Dora Wagner, 6/30, [1924] June 30.. 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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Debutantes with Summer Follies, Mary Seldon, Dora Wagner, 6/30

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Two young women, Mary Seldon and Dora Wagner, appear in this glass negative, which the National Photo Company titled "Debutantes with Summer Follies" and dated June 30, probably 1924. The company was a Washington, D.C., studio that recorded local society, officials and events from the 1910s into the 1930s, and Herbert A. French gave its negatives to the Library of Congress in 1947. Debutante presentations were a regular part of the capital's social calendar in the 1920s, and summer revues were a popular setting for such events. The streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration of the original coating, not from the scene itself.

Created / published[1924] June 30.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) 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 six.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,301 × 5,949 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255193

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