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[Washington, D.C. public schools - museum field trip - viewing exhibit case of George Washingtoniana] – Vintage Wall Art

[Washington, D.C. public schools - museum field trip - viewing exhibit case of George Washingtoniana], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Washington, D.C. public schools - museum field trip - viewing exhibit case of George Washingtoniana], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

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Students gather before a glass case of George Washingtoniana, the keepsakes and memorabilia of the first president, on a museum outing in the capital. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer who documented the city's schools and institutions around 1900, made the picture as a cyanotype, an inexpensive contact process that produces white images on deep Prussian blue. Field trips like this one reflected a common belief of the period: that public museums could teach history and civic pride alongside lessons in the classroom. The image preserves how young pupils once encountered national relics up close.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: 1st Division." Caption card tracings: D.C. - Museums; Pres.; Schools."
SubjectsEducation--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142110

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