Snapshots of the Past

[Parade float: troop 248, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Parade float: troop 248, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Parade float: troop 248, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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.)

Description

Step back in time with [Parade float: troop 248, Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

[Parade float: troop 248, Washington, D.C.]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

A float carrying Troop 248 through Washington, D.C., sets this glass negative apart from the capital views around it. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio working in the city in the early twentieth century, made plates like this one during the 1910s, when parades and youth groups were becoming a regular part of public life. Numbered troops were common in the Boy Scouts of America, founded in 1910, though the record does not confirm the affiliation. Streaks and blotches on the glass come from the coating's natural decay, not from the scene.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,483 × 5,173 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260330

More from the Washington DC collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Preparedness parade, Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 1916][Preparedness parade, Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 1916]Parade & review of Union Army 15 & Pa. Ave., [Washington, D.C.], May 24, 1865Parade & review of Union Army 15 & Pa. Ave., [Washington, D.C.], May 24, 1865Red Cross parade, May 1918, marching past White House, [Washington, D.C.]Red Cross parade, May 1918, marching past White House, [Washington, D.C.]G.A.R. parade, [Washington, D.C.], 1915G.A.R. parade, [Washington, D.C.], 1915G.A.R. parade, [Washington, D.C.], 1915G.A.R. parade, [Washington, D.C.], 1915Inaugural parade, Flipino Band, snowstorm, Washington, D.C.Inaugural parade, Flipino Band, snowstorm, Washington, D.C.