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White House flag half mast, 8/3/23 – Vintage Wall Art

White House flag half mast, 8/3/23, [19]23 August 3. — historic photograph
White House flag half mast, 8/3/23, [19]23 August 3.. Historic photograph from the White House 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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Step back in time with White House flag half mast, 8/3/23, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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White House flag half mast, 8/3/23

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Taken on August 3, 1923, this view shows the flag above the White House lowered to half-mast, a traditional sign of national mourning. President Warren G. Harding had died in San Francisco the previous day while on a western tour, and flags across the capital were lowered in his honor. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio whose glass negatives document the city in the early twentieth century. Faint streaks and blemishes from the aging of the original coatings are visible on the glass and are worth noticing as signs of the medium's fragility.

Created / published[19]23 August 3.
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 five.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,191 × 4,469 px · prints to 21 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-253806

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