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[Emancipation Monument, dedicated 1876, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

[Emancipation Monument, dedicated 1876, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Emancipation Monument, dedicated 1876, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1940]. 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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Standing in Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill, this monument shows Abraham Lincoln with a freed man rising from a broken shackle at his feet. African Americans, many of them formerly enslaved, contributed much of the money for it, and Frederick Douglass spoke at its dedication in April 1876. Sculptor Thomas Ball designed the work. The monument's design has drawn criticism for showing the freed man kneeling beside a standing Lincoln, a choice that still prompts debate about how emancipation is remembered.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Statues--Washington (D.C.) Emancipation Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1940. African Americans--Commemoration--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177350

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