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[Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activities] – Antique Print

[Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activities], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activities], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activities]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This cyanotype stands out for its process: its blue tone and white-on-blue contrast come from an iron-based print method, unusual for photographs of school life. It is one of a group of pictures by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer who documented Washington, D.C. public schools around 1899 and 1900. Her work was made to show the city's education system, including its schoolrooms, pupils, and daily activities, at a time when public schooling was expanding rapidly. Because the caption card records the title, the date is only an estimate, and the album placement suggests the print was kept as part of a larger series.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: 2nd Division.""
SubjectsEducation--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,221 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116748

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