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White House [Washington, D.C.] garden party to wounded vets, 5/21/25 – Vintage Print

White House [Washington, D.C.] garden party to wounded vets, 5/21/25, [19]25 May 21. — historic photograph
White House [Washington, D.C.] garden party to wounded vets, 5/21/25, [19]25 May 21.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures White House [Washington, D.C.] garden party to wounded vets, 5/21/25 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A garden party for wounded veterans on the White House grounds, dated May 21, 1925, sets this view apart from the many official exteriors of the executive mansion made in Washington that year. Calvin Coolidge was president at the time, and gatherings like this one reflected the country's continuing efforts to honor former servicemen disabled in the First World War. The National Photo Company, active in the capital during the 1910s and 1920s, recorded ceremonies, buildings and street life on glass negatives like this one. Faint streaks and blemishes from deterioration of the original coatings run across the plate, so some fine detail in the crowd is harder to make out.

Created / published[19]25 May 21.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,954 × 4,266 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256404

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