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Vintage Photo Print - Washington DC - Display of Dr – Historic Photo Reproduction

Vintage Photo Print - Washington DC - Display of Dr — historic print
Vintage Photo Print - Washington DC - Display of Dr. Historic print from the Washington DC collection.

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Step back in time with Vintage Photo Print - Washington DC - Display of Dr, a historic print rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Vintage Photo Print - Washington DC - Display of Dr

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What sets this view apart is its subject: a display tied to a doctor, though the surviving title does not record the full name or the exhibit's purpose. Washington, DC, has long been a city of federal agencies, museums, and professional societies, and exhibitions of this kind were often used to show new scientific or medical work to officials and the public. Photographs of displays like this were frequently made for records, reports, and the press, so the image preserves how the material was presented to visitors. Look closely at the arrangement of cases and the people in view, which suggest how the exhibit was meant to be read.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan3,295 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-193497

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