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Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Rock Creek Park, the wooded valley that runs north through the District of Columbia, is the subject here, and this 8 by 6 inch glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington in the early twentieth century. The company's plates were made for sale to visitors and publishers, so they capture the city as its boosters wanted it seen. The park itself was set aside in 1890 to preserve a natural stream corridor close to the capital. Because the title and date were recorded from the negative sleeve and sister negatives rather than verified directly, the exact view is best read as a document of that wooded setting around 1920.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan7,171 × 5,586 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259132

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