Geo. Wash. Memorial, Alexandria, Va. – Historic Photograph Print
![Geo. Wash. Memorial, Alexandria, Va., [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/17/17e123529c56-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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A window into the past: Geo. Wash. Memorial, Alexandria, Va., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Geo. Wash. Memorial, Alexandria, Va.
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The title names the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, a Masonic monument to the first president, who was a Freemason. Its cornerstone was laid in 1923, and the building was not finished until 1970, so this picture likely records the site while the project was still in its early years. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that sold views of American landmarks to tourists and publishers, made the negative sometime between 1910 and 1925. Expect streaks and spots, which come from the glass coating breaking down over time.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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. |
| Subjects | United States--Virginia--Alexandria. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,450 × 5,133 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261136 |
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