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The National Photo Company Collection documents virtually all aspects of Washington, D.C., life. During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. It also prepared sets of pictures on popular subjects and undertook special photographic assignments for local businesses and government agencies. The portion of the collection that is online represents a small cross-section of the collection, roughly 1,800 images as of November 2004. The full collection consists of an estimated 80,000 images (photographic prints and corresponding glass negatives) and includes photographic prints presented in chronological albums covering events of the period 1919 to 1930 and thematic groups of photographs on the four presidents, inaugurations, sports, landmarks, conventions, and topics of local interest. The images date between ca. 1850 and 1945; the bulk of the images were created between 1909 and 1932. More images will be digitized and records added.
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