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El Salvadorian delegates, 12/4/22 – Antique Photo Print

El Salvadorian delegates, 12/4/22, [19]22 December 4. — historic photograph
El Salvadorian delegates, 12/4/22, [19]22 December 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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This historic photograph of El Salvadorian delegates, 12/4/22 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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El Salvadorian delegates, 12/4/22

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Delegates from El Salvador are the subject here, and the December 4, 1922, date comes from unverified notes on the negative sleeve. That timing may connect to the Central American Peace Conference, which brought envoys from several neighboring republics to Washington that winter and produced a peace and amity treaty the following year. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio in the capital, documented officials and visiting dignitaries for decades, so the portrait follows the formal conventions of its era. Streaks and blemishes across the glass come from the natural breakdown of the original coating, not from the scene itself.

Created / published[19]22 December 4.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle and date 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 two.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,428 × 4,346 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-236800

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