Rock Creek Park – Historic Photograph Print
![Rock Creek Park, [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9df3f2ecdb6f-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Rock Creek Park, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rock Creek Park
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Rock Creek Park, the wooded valley that cuts through northwest Washington, D.C., is the setting for this glass negative, and its record points to a stone bridge and a footpath as the main features. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that photographed Washington scenes for sale to visitors in the years around 1918 to 1920. Park land along Rock Creek was set aside in 1890 and was a popular place for walking and outings, so images like this one document how residents and tourists used the city's green spaces. The glass plate itself shows surface streaks from the aging of its coating, a reminder of the fragile materials these early photographers relied on.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one. |
| Subjects | Stone bridges. Trails & paths. Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.) United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) Rock Creek Park. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,236 × 4,208 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229376 |
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