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Smith Memorial [Arch], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. – Historic Print

Smith Memorial [Arch], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c1905. — historic photograph
Smith Memorial [Arch], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c1905.. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia 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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Smith Memorial [Arch], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Smith Memorial Arch stands in Fairmount Park, the large municipal park along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, and this c1905 glass negative records it in its park setting. Memorial arches of this kind were a common way for turn-of-the-century American cities to honor soldiers and public figures, and the catalog's Civil War subject heading ties the structure to that memorial tradition. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely around 1900 to 1910 documenting American landmarks and scenery. The negative's cracked and broken upper left corner is visible in the original plate, a reminder of how fragile these early glass negatives were.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegative cracked and broken upper left. 2737 [...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018519. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMonuments & memorials. Parks. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62029

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