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Originally Posted by thecatspajamas
As for the question of whether these news agencies kept negatives or prints on file, the answer for any given image could be either or both. However, it is very unlikely that a print would have been produced in 1922, filed away without any stamping, then pulled back out in the 1940's, stamped with the 1940's stamp style, and then sent out to subscribers. The scenario of a negative of the image having been produced in 1922, filed away for 20 years, then pulled out in the 1940's to produce a new print of the photo which was then stamped with the then-current 1940's stamp style and sent out to subscribers is much more likely.
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This cabinet photo was used by Culver as a subscriber photo for 100 years without a date stamp, then finally got one at decommission time - 1992. I have a few others that hung around the vaults quite a while before getting dated by the news service, but in general you have to go by the stamp unless you can date it by qualities of the actual physical photo.
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