Dr. Walter Hough of Smithsonian in arrowhead quarry (Rock Creek Park), 3/6/26 – Vintage Photo Print
![Dr. Walter Hough of Smithsonian in arrowhead quarry (Rock Creek Park), 3/6/26, [19]26 March 6. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f2/f2cdd22c2352-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: Dr. Walter Hough of Smithsonian in arrowhead quarry (Rock Creek Park), 3/6/26, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dr. Walter Hough of Smithsonian in arrowhead quarry (Rock Creek Park), 3/6/26
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Dr. Walter Hough of the Smithsonian stands at an arrowhead quarry in Rock Creek Park, the wooded valley in northwest Washington, D.C. Hough was an ethnologist who studied Native American tools and crafts, and the picture records his fieldwork in the capital in March 1926. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio, made the image as a 4 by 5 inch glass negative. Its streaks and blemishes come from the decay of the original coating. The title repeats the studio's notes, which have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | [19]26 March 6. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,432 × 5,621 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-244931 |
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