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Easter egg rolling, [Washington, D.C.], [4/21/24] – Antique Print

Easter egg rolling, [Washington, D.C.], [4/21/24], [1924 April 21] — historic photograph
Easter egg rolling, [Washington, D.C.], [4/21/24], [1924 April 21]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Easter egg rolling, [Washington, D.C.], [4/21/24] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Easter egg rolling, [Washington, D.C.], [4/21/24]

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Children gather for the Easter egg roll in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 1924, a date taken from a related negative in the collection. By then the event was a long-running tradition: after egg rolling on the Capitol grounds was stopped, it moved to the White House lawn in 1878 during President Rutherford B. Hayes's administration. The National Photo Company, which documented the capital in the early twentieth century, made pictures like this on glass plates, and the record notes that this negative may show streaks from the gradual breakdown of its original coating.

Created / published[1924 April 21]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,926 × 4,295 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-254956

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