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[Washington Monument and equestrian statue of John Eager Howard in Washington Place, Baltimore, Maryland] – Vintage Print

[Washington Monument and equestrian statue of John Eager Howard in Washington Place, Baltimore, Maryland], [between 1890 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Washington Monument and equestrian statue of John Eager Howard in Washington Place, Baltimore, Maryland], [between 1890 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Washington Monument 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 [Washington Monument and equestrian statue of John Eager Howard in Washington Place, Baltimore, Maryland] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington Place in Baltimore is anchored by an equestrian statue of John Eager Howard, the Revolutionary War officer who led Maryland troops at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781 and later served as governor of Maryland. The plaza sits in the shadow of the Washington Monument, a Doric column of marble completed in 1829 and often cited as the first monument to George Washington in the nation. Photographs from the decades around 1900 show the square as a showpiece of the city's Mount Vernon Place, where monuments to public figures were gathered into one civic space. The print's reversed orientation suggests it was made from a negative printed without correction, a common quirk of the period.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1920.
NotesPrinted in reverse.
SubjectsHoward, John Eager,--1752-1827--Statues--Maryland--Baltimore. Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.)--1890-1920. Plazas--Maryland--Baltimore--1890-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,136 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168660

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