November 1920. Washington, D.C. "Washington Herald election screen." The screen being white sheets hung from this frame on election night, with wire-service voting results projected onto them from a stereopticon -- a practice dating back at least to the 1890s in cities across the United States, and which gradually died out with the advent of broadcast radio. Mold-flecked 4x5 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection.
  BUY PRINT    November 1920. Washington, D.C. "Washington Herald election screen." The screen being white sheets hung from this frame on election night, with wire-service voting results projected onto them from a stereopticon -- a practice dating back at least to the 1890s in cities across the United States, and which gradually died out with the advent of broadcast radio. Mold-flecked 4x5 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos