[Recess period on the playground, 6th Division] – Antique Wall Art
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(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 rare historic photograph captures [Recess period on the playground, 6th Division] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Recess period on the playground, 6th Division]
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Recess on the playground of the Sixth Division school in Washington, D.C., is the focus here, with children at play rather than in the classroom. The picture comes from Frances Benjamin Johnston's album of the city's public schools, and its date is given as around 1899. Johnston, one of the most prominent photographers of her day, documented schools in the capital during the 1890s, when public education there was expanding. The cyanotype process she used produced the distinctive blue-and-white print, and it was inexpensive and reliable for recording such everyday scenes. Looking closely, you can see how schoolyards of that era were used for informal play and daily routine.
| Created / published | [1899?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : cyanotype. |
| Genre | Cyanotypes 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: Public Schools - 6th Division."" |
| Subjects | Education--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111277 |
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