Speaker, Cleveland, 1924 – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Speaker, Cleveland, 1924, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Speaker, Cleveland, 1924
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The record gives only the title "Speaker," with no name, so the man at the center of this 1924 Cleveland image remains unidentified. That year Cleveland hosted the Republican National Convention, drawing delegates, party officials and reporters to the city, and a speaker photographed there would likely have been part of that busy political scene. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented news and civic life across the country in the early twentieth century, made the negative on glass. Viewers should also note the streaks and blemishes caused by the natural breakdown of the original coating, which affect the image's clarity.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| 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 three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,280 × 5,282 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-240499 |
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