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Bladensburg Road and Mt. Olivet Cemetery at right, Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art

Bladensburg Road and Mt. Olivet Cemetery at right, Washington, D.C., [between 1900 and 1930] — historic photograph
Bladensburg Road and Mt. Olivet Cemetery at right, Washington, D.C., [between 1900 and 1930]. 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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This historic photograph of Bladensburg Road and Mt. Olivet Cemetery at right, Washington, D.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Bladensburg Road and Mt. Olivet Cemetery at right, Washington, D.C.

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Bladensburg Road, which runs northeast out of the city toward the Maryland line, is the focus here, with Mount Olivet Cemetery visible at the right edge. The cemetery, a Catholic burial ground opened in 1858, sat on the approach to the city's outskirts, and the street railway lines serving the road carried residents out to such edges during the early 1900s. Notice how the scene pairs the open roadside landscape with the rail infrastructure that was helping to push Washington's growth outward in these decades.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1930.
SubjectsStreets--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1930. Street railroads--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,055 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165098

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