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Easter egg rolling, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 1915 – Historic Reproduction

Easter egg rolling, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 1915, 1915 — historic photograph
Easter egg rolling, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 1915, 1915. 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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Step back in time with Easter egg rolling, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 1915, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Easter egg rolling, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 1915

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The Easter egg roll on the White House grounds is the event this glass negative records, taken in 1915 and held in the National Photo Company Collection. The annual tradition, which children and families gathered for on the lawn, dates back to the 19th century, and by the 1910s it had become a fixture of the spring calendar in the capital. The negative is a 4 by 6 inch glass plate, and its surface shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age in the original coatings, a reminder of how these early photographs were made and preserved.

Created / published1915
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 scan6,266 × 4,246 px · prints to 21 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257019

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