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[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - Central High School assembly] – Historic Print

[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - Central High School assembly], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - Central High School assembly], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

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Central High School, the city's public high school for boys in the 1890s, is the setting here, with students gathered for an assembly. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a leading Washington photographer, made this cyanotype around 1899 as part of a larger series on the city's public classrooms. The cyanotype process produces the cool blue tones typical of its era and was inexpensive, which made it useful for documentary work. The picture offers a look at how large groups of students were organized in one room at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: Central High School.""
SubjectsEducation--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,184 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118769

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