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[John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C.] / photographed and published by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Photo Print

[John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C.] / photographed and published by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C., [1886] — historic photograph
[John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C.] / photographed and published by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C., [1886]. 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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A window into the past: [John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C.] / photographed and published by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C., 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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[John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C.] / photographed and published by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C.

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The photograph documents the funeral of John Alexander Logan, the Union general and Illinois senator who died in Washington in December 1886, and it was taken at Hutchinson's vault rather than at a church or cemetery grounds. Logan was a leader of the Grand Army of the Republic and had issued General Order No. 11 in 1868, which set aside May 30 for decorating soldiers' graves. C.M. Bell, a Washington photographer active in the late nineteenth century, made and sold the print, so it records how a prominent public funeral in the capital was staged and seen at the time.

Created / published[1886]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsLogan, John Alexander,--1826-1886--Death & burial--Washington (D.C.) Funeral rites & ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,313 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181775

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