Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception, [1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/14/1427f6087a42-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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Step back in time with Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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The ceremony shown here marks the laying of the cornerstone for the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., a church that would grow into one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in the United States. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the city and its institutions in the early twentieth century, made the negative, which dates to about 1920. Its glass base was later donated to the Library of Congress by Herbert A. French in 1947. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes across the image, which come from the gradual breakdown of the original coating on the glass.
| Created / published | [1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,329 × 4,327 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-231720 |
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