Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have come to Wash. to appeal to the President for the release of political prisoners – Vintage Photo Print
![Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have come to Wash. to appeal to the President for the release of political prisoners, [1922 April 29] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a5/a5fcb984862f-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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A window into the past: Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have come to Wash. to appeal to the President for the release of political prisoners, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have come to Wash. to appeal to the President for the release of political prisoners
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A group of children at the White House in April 1922 came to Washington to ask President Warren G. Harding to free political prisoners, which sets this picture apart from the capital's many other demonstration photographs. Men and women jailed after the First World War under the Espionage and Sedition Acts were still a live question then, and Harding had commuted Eugene V. Debs's sentence in late 1921. The National Photo Company, which recorded many Washington events in these years, made the picture, and it shows how a protest could be staged with young people at the front.
| Created / published | [1922 April 29] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. No. 18642. |
| Subjects | Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Children--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Women--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,427 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213368 |
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