Cardinal Gibbons at cornerstone laying of nat. shrine of the Immaculate Conception – Historic Photograph Print
![Cardinal Gibbons at cornerstone laying of nat. shrine of the Immaculate Conception, [1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a415d88e9d3b-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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Cardinal Gibbons at cornerstone laying of nat. shrine of the Immaculate Conception in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cardinal Gibbons at cornerstone laying of nat. shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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Cardinal James Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore and the most prominent American Catholic prelate of his day, presides over the cornerstone laying for what became the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The 1920 ceremony launched a project backed by American Catholics to build a national church dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the doctrine of her Immaculate Conception, a structure that took decades to finish. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded public life in the capital in the early twentieth century. Streaks and blemishes on the glass negative reflect natural deterioration of its original coatings.
| Created / published | [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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,405 × 4,397 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-231712 |
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