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Gunston Hall, [Virginia] – Historic Photo Reproduction

Gunston Hall, [Virginia], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Gunston Hall, [Virginia], [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the National Photo 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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A window into the past: Gunston Hall, [Virginia], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Gunston Hall, [Virginia]

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Gunston Hall, the Georgian plantation house on Mason Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia, was the home of George Mason, who drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 and shaped the federal Bill of Rights. This glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial firm that photographed American landmarks in the early twentieth century for postcards and publications. The house was still being recognized as a historic site in these years, and the image records its brick facade and setting before its later restoration and public interpretation. The surface of the negative shows streaks and blemishes from age, which are typical of glass plates from this period.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SubjectsUnited States--Virginia--Mason Neck.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,426 × 5,146 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260831

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