Wash. Monument – Antique Photo Print
![Wash. Monument, [between 1909 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a34759c6424f-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: Wash. Monument, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wash. Monument
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The Washington Monument in the District of Columbia is the subject here, a tall marble obelisk that had stood unfinished for decades before its completion in 1884 and became the city's most recognizable landmark. This glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that photographed the capital and its surroundings in the early twentieth century, and it is dated only approximately, to a span between 1909 and 1923. Its emulsion shows streaks and blemishes from age, which is typical of glass plates from that era and is worth noticing when comparing it with later prints.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,328 × 5,960 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248214 |
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