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Slemp swearing in, [9/4/23] – Historic Photo Reproduction

Slemp swearing in, [9/4/23], [1923 September 4] — historic photograph
Slemp swearing in, [9/4/23], [1923 September 4]. 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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A window into the past: Slemp swearing in, [9/4/23], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title ties this plate to a swearing-in ceremony for C. Bascom Slemp on September 4, 1923. Slemp, a former Virginia congressman, served as secretary to President Calvin Coolidge after Warren Harding's death that August. Official ceremonies like this were common subjects for the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington and its visitors. Because the image survives as a glass negative, its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of the original coating, which is worth noting when comparing it with prints made from the same plate.

Created / published[1923 September 4]
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. 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 scan6,064 × 4,396 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-253913

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