Burial of the first sailor dead of the Great War at Arlington National Cemetery – Historic Reproduction
![Burial of the first sailor dead of the Great War at Arlington National Cemetery, [1917(?)] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/05a83c0cf93c-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Burial of the first sailor dead of the Great War at Arlington National Cemetery, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Burial of the first sailor dead of the Great War at Arlington National Cemetery
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Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington, is the setting for this burial of a sailor described as the first naval dead of the Great War. The United States entered the conflict in April 1917, and the funeral of an early war death at the national cemetery carried public weight as the country's losses began to mount. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that recorded the capital's ceremonies and public life in the 1910s, and its date is recorded only tentatively.
| Created / published | [1917(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. |
| Subjects | Funeral rites & ceremonies--Virginia--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--American. Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,263 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177073 |
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