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Dwight Davis at Mother's Day services at Arlington, 5/10/25 – Antique Print

Dwight Davis at Mother's Day services at Arlington, 5/10/25, [19]25 May 10. — historic photograph
Dwight Davis at Mother's Day services at Arlington, 5/10/25, [19]25 May 10.. Historic photograph from the Mother's Day 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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Dwight Davis, who was serving as Secretary of War at the time, is pictured at Mother's Day services held at Arlington National Cemetery on May 10, 1925. Congress and President Wilson had made Mother's Day a national observance in 1914, and services at Arlington brought officials and families together to honor the dead and the mothers who survived them. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. studio whose glass negatives document public life in the capital during the 1920s. Faint streaks and blemishes in the glass come from the age of the original coating.

Created / published[19]25 May 10.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 three.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,282 × 4,233 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-243054

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