D.C. Washington. Catholic University. 1923. Exterior. Aerial view. Brookland, D.C. – Antique Wall Art
(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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D.C. Washington. Catholic University. 1923. Exterior. Aerial view. Brookland, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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D.C. Washington. Catholic University. 1923. Exterior. Aerial view. Brookland, D.C.
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Laid out across the Brookland neighborhood in northeast Washington, the Catholic University of America is the subject here, seen from above. The university was founded in the late 1880s with the support of the American Catholic bishops and approval from Pope Leo XIII, and it became the national Catholic institution for advanced study. The photograph was made by the National Aerograph Co., a commercial firm that sold aerial photoprints in the early 1920s, when airplane photography was still a novelty. The caption card dates it to April 1923, though that information is unverified.
| Created / published | c1923 Arpil 23. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | J251345 U.S. Copyright Office Photorpint copyrighted by National Airgraph Co. No. 204. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wash. (D.C.)--Views--1923; Photog. I.; Aerial photos--Wash. (DC)--1923; Wash. (D.C.)--Catholic University--1923; Univ...--Catholic--1923; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,208 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144976 |
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