Burial of an Unknown soldier, [Arlington, Va.] – Historic Photograph Print
![Burial of an Unknown soldier, [Arlington, Va.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/58/58e383f0cadd-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Burial of an Unknown soldier, [Arlington, Va.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Burial of an Unknown soldier, [Arlington, Va.]
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A burial at Arlington National Cemetery in 1921 drew national attention when an unidentified American serviceman from the First World War was laid to rest there on Armistice Day, November 11. The body had been chosen from four unknown soldiers exhumed in France, and President Warren G. Harding attended the ceremony. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that recorded events and places across the country, made glass negatives like this one, and the streaks and blemishes visible on the plate come from the age of its original coatings.
| Created / published | [between 1921 and 1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 seven. |
| Subjects | United States--Virginia--Arlington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,408 × 5,165 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-259420 |
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