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Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.]

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Few American monuments are as recognizable as the Lincoln Memorial, and this negative shows it during construction, when its Greek-temple colonnade was still rising beside the Potomac. Work began in 1914 under architect Henry Bacon, and the seated figure of Lincoln by sculptor Daniel Chester French was carved in marble before the memorial was dedicated in 1922. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that made many views of the capital, produced glass negatives like this one, and the streaks and blemishes on this example likely come from age in the original coatings rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,383 × 5,165 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259930

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