Industrial exposition, 1926, Hopkins Titanafram – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Industrial exposition, 1926, Hopkins Titanafram, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Industrial exposition, 1926, Hopkins Titanafram
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few details survive about the Hopkins Titanafram, which the negative's sleeve identifies as part of an industrial exposition in 1926, and that title comes from unverified notes made by the National Photo Company. The Washington, D.C. firm was known for documenting public events and commercial life in the early twentieth century. Expositions of this kind let manufacturers show machinery and new products to buyers and the public, so the subject reflects the industrial optimism of the mid-1920s. Viewers should also notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which come from the natural deterioration of the original coating.
| Created / published | 1926 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 6,372 × 5,128 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261646 |
More from the World's Fairs collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![Industrial exposition [1926], The Elliott Addressing System""](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d3/d3d70754c021-400.webp)
