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Bureau Printing & Engraving, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Bureau Printing & Engraving, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph
Bureau Printing & Engraving, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the federal agency that designs and prints the nation's paper currency and many other securities, is the subject of this view. It was taken on a glass negative sometime between 1910 and 1925, a period when the National Photo Company, a commercial studio, recorded Washington's streets, monuments and government offices. Glass plates like this one preserve fine tonal detail, though the coating may show streaks and blemishes from age.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1925]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,449 × 5,117 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261193

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