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[Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address] – Vintage Print

[Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address], c1924. — historic photograph
[Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address], c1924.. Historic photograph from the Lincoln Memorial 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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[Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address]

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The Lincoln Memorial's interior is the detail that sets this picture apart: the photographer turned the camera toward the wall where the Gettysburg Address is carved, rather than the seated statue that draws most visitors. The memorial was dedicated in 1922 on the West Potomac Park site along the National Mall, and by the mid-1920s its inscribed speech had become a place of quiet reading for visitors. The photograph was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, a step that suggests it was made for publication or sale as a view of the monument. Its date of about 1924 places it only a few years after the building opened to the public.

Created / publishedc1924.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ268986 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. Gettysburg address. Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,285 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184994

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