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Washington, D.C.--President McKinley and Admiral Dewey at the Benediction" by Cardinal Gibbons" – Historic Reproduction

Washington, D.C.--President McKinley and Admiral Dewey at the Benediction" by Cardinal Gibbons", c1899. — historic photograph
Washington, D.C.--President McKinley and Admiral Dewey at the Benediction" by Cardinal Gibbons", c1899.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington, D.C.--President McKinley and Admiral Dewey at the Benediction" by Cardinal Gibbons". It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington, D.C.--President McKinley and Admiral Dewey at the Benediction" by Cardinal Gibbons"

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Three prominent men share the frame in this 1899 print: President William McKinley, Admiral George Dewey, and Cardinal James Gibbons, one of the most influential Catholic churchmen in the United States. Dewey had become a national hero after his squadron defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in 1898, so seeing him beside the president at a religious ceremony in the capital shows how closely the public followed the celebrated figures of the recent war. The photograph was issued under the copyright of William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer who documented many portraits and public occasions of the period.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by William H. Rau. No. 20001.
SubjectsMcKinley, William,--1843-1901--Public appearances. Dewey, George,--1837-1917--Public appearances. Gibbons, James,--1834-1921--Public appearances. Benedictions--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,143 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161836

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