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Band, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1900 – Vintage Print

Band, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1900, c1900. — historic photograph
Band, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1900, c1900.. 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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A window into the past: Band, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1900, 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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Band, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1900

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Gonzaga College, a Jesuit school for boys in Washington, is the institution this band is tied to in the record, and the group's uniforms and instruments mark it as a school ensemble rather than a civic or military unit. Gonzaga had been founded in 1821, making it one of the older Catholic schools in the capital. By 1900, many American secondary schools had adopted military-style drill and cadet organizations, and their bands played at parades, athletic events and public ceremonies. The catalog's subject terms also point to military education and music, which suggests the photograph captures that mix of discipline and display in a turn-of-the-century city school.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wash., DC--Misc.--1900; Wash, D.C.--Gonzaga C-; Military educ.; Music--Bands; Geogr.; Bands (Educ); Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,244 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142141

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