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Longfellow statue, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Longfellow statue, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Longfellow statue, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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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Longfellow statue, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Longfellow statue, [Washington, D.C.]

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This view shows the Longfellow statue in Washington, D.C., a bronze memorial to the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whose verse about the American past and everyday life made him one of the most widely read writers of the nineteenth century. Commemorative statues like this one were a common feature of the capital's streets and parks in the early twentieth century, when civic groups and the federal government placed many monuments to writers, statesmen and soldiers. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that photographed the city's landmarks and sold views of them to visitors. Its glass negative shows the surface streaking that often appears as these early coatings age.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
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--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,135 × 6,396 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261418

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