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Woodward Hall and liberty tree, St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. – Vintage Print

Woodward Hall and liberty tree, St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., c1906. — historic photograph
Woodward Hall and liberty tree, St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Woodward Hall and liberty tree, St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Woodward Hall and the Liberty Tree stand together on the campus of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, a pairing that ties a working school building to a symbol of colonial resistance. The name refers to the liberty trees that Americans gathered under during the protests against British taxes in the 1760s and 1770s, and Annapolis, a port and capital, was a center of that opposition. This view was made about 1906 by the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced large numbers of views of American towns and landmarks for travelers and print buyers. The glass negative has a crack along its right side, a reminder of how fragile these early photographic plates were.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30529. Negative cracked from chipped right side. G 3441" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019117. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsEducational facilities. Liberty tree.United States--Maryland--Annapolis.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan812 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62572

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