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[View from Tidal Basin, with cherry blossoms, and Washington Monument in background, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[View from Tidal Basin, with cherry blossoms, and Washington Monument in background, Washington, D.C.], c1920. — historic photograph
[View from Tidal Basin, with cherry blossoms, and Washington Monument in background, Washington, D.C.], c1920.. Historic photograph from the Washington Monument 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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The Tidal Basin view stands out for its pairing of the Washington Monument with the cherry trees that ring the water, a combination that became one of the capital's most recognizable scenes. The cherry trees were a gift from Tokyo in 1912, and by the 1920s the blossoms drew crowds every spring to the basin's edge. This print is hand-colored, so its artist added tints by hand to a photograph, a technique that gave pink blossoms and soft greens to the monument's pale stone. Its copyright registration number suggests it was issued for commercial sale as a souvenir view.

Created / publishedc1920.
Medium1 photographic print : hand-colored.
GenrePhotographic prints Hand-colored 1920.
NotesJ240759 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsWashington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1920. Cherry trees--Washington (D.C.)--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,309 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219106

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