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[L.D. Anderson, of Anacostia, 95 years old, oldest member of Metropolitan Police, full-length, standing on porch, with another man, facing slightly right] – Antique Wall Art

[L.D. Anderson, of Anacostia, 95 years old, oldest member of Metropolitan Police, full-length, standing on porch, with another man, facing slightly right], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[L.D. Anderson, of Anacostia, 95 years old, oldest member of Metropolitan Police, full-length, standing on porch, with another man, facing slightly right], [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This portrait shows L.D. Anderson, identified in the caption as a 95-year-old resident of Anacostia and the oldest member of the Metropolitan Police. He stands full length on a porch beside another man, turned slightly to the right, in a relaxed pose that contrasts with the formal uniformed portraits common in police records of the era. The Metropolitan Police Department had served Washington, D.C., since 1861, and Anacostia, across the river in the city's southeast, was then a largely working-class community. The print comes from the National Photo Company Collection, whose photographers recorded the city's streets, buildings, and residents in the years before 1932.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsAnderson, L. D. Police--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,245 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-185200

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