VA 1914 Charlottesville PHOTO – Antique Photo Print
(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 VA 1914 Charlottesville PHOTO, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
VA 1914 Charlottesville PHOTO
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Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1914 is the setting here, a college town in the Piedmont that owed much of its identity to Thomas Jefferson, who founded the University of Virginia there in 1819 and built his nearby home, Monticello, on a hill just outside town. By 1914 the town was a mix of academic life and surrounding farmland, and it was changing with the arrival of railroads and new commerce. The same year, war broke out in Europe, though the town's daily rhythms would have been shaped more by local concerns than by distant events. The record does not say more about who made the photograph or what it shows, so the scene is best read as a view of a small Virginia city at a moment just before the wider upheaval of the late 1910s.
| Created / published | 1914 |
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| Original scan | 10,696 × 1,414 px · prints to 36 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | VA 1914 Charlottesville |
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