Portrait photographs. Family group with dog on porch

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1 negative : nitrate ; 8 x 10 in.

About this photograph

A nitrate negative taken by Theodor Horydczak showing a family group with a dog posed on a porch. The photograph was catalogued as dating from 1920.

Horydczak worked as a commercial photographer in Washington, D.C. during a career spanning several decades. His photographic work is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.

The 8 x 10 inch format was standard for commercial portrait work of the period. Nitrate negatives were the dominant photographic medium in 1920, though their chemical instability meant many such images did not survive. The porch setting suggests a domestic commission, with the family choosing a familiar location for their portrait rather than a studio backdrop.

No information survives about who the family members were or why they chose to be photographed together at this particular time.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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