Battle Monument, Lexington – Vintage Print
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(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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This rare historic photograph captures Battle Monument, Lexington in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Battle Monument, Lexington
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Lexington's Battle Monument stands on the green where militiamen gathered on the morning of April 19, 1775, and where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. The granite obelisk, erected in 1799, honors the colonists who fell there, and their remains were later placed beneath it. This view comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced photographs of American landmarks for sale to travelers around 1900. Its glass negative shows how the town was presenting its Revolutionary past to visitors at the turn of the century, when such monuments were becoming popular destinations.
| Created / published | [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013067. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Monuments & memorials. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.United States--Massachusetts--Lexington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 3,636 × 4,646 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-58007 |
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