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Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.], 1917 – Historic Print

Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.], 1917, 1917 — historic photograph
Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.], 1917, 1917. 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 Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.], 1917. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.], 1917

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Few details survive about this 4 by 6 inch glass negative beyond its title, "Suffragettes," and its 1917 date, so the scene has to be read against its moment. That year, women campaigning for the vote were a visible presence in the nation's capital, and the National Woman's Party's silent pickets outside the White House drew wide press attention before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that documented Washington street life and public events in the early twentieth century, made the negative. Its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of the original coating.

Created / published1917
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 6 in.
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 scan5,958 × 4,060 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257544

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