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Pres. Wilson addresses Congress, break with Germany, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Pres. Wilson addresses Congress, break with Germany, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
Pres. Wilson addresses Congress, break with Germany, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1940]. 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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Woodrow Wilson's appearance before Congress to announce the break with Germany is the moment this negative captures, a turning point that set the United States on the road to entering the First World War. Wilson delivered the address to a joint session in early February 1917, after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare against shipping. The plate is a small 4 by 6 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company, whose Washington views date from the early twentieth century, and its streaks and blemishes come from natural deterioration of the original coating.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
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 scan6,001 × 4,067 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257504

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