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Just as the daylight was breaking – Vintage Wall Art

Just as the daylight was breaking, c1899. — historic photograph
Just as the daylight was breaking, c1899.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Step back in time with Just as the daylight was breaking, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Tracings on the original caption card link this picture to seamen, the Navy, courtship, and bicycles, though the record itself marks these details as unverified. The photograph dates to about 1899, when the bicycle craze was at its height in the United States and cycling gave young couples a fashionable reason to spend time together. The Navy was also much in the public eye after the Spanish-American War, which may explain the sailor theme in popular photography of the period. Scenes like this one were often staged to tell sentimental stories for a wide audience.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto copyrighted by J.D. Cress. No. 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Seamen; Navy, US--1899; Courtship...; Bicycles...; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,482 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138733

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