(Sec. Daniels shown) Breaking ground for Arlington Ampitheater, [Va.], March 1915 – Historic Photograph Print
![(Sec. Daniels shown) Breaking ground for Arlington Ampitheater, [Va.], March 1915, 915 March. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c0/c02928cb41de-L.webp)
(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 (Sec. Daniels shown) Breaking ground for Arlington Ampitheater, [Va.], March 1915. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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(Sec. Daniels shown) Breaking ground for Arlington Ampitheater, [Va.], March 1915
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Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels appears in this view of the groundbreaking for the Arlington Amphitheater in March 1915, an early step toward a memorial hall on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington. The white marble amphitheater, designed by John Russell Pope, was dedicated in 1920 and still hosts ceremonies on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that recorded the city's public life in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative, which shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age.
| Created / published | 915 March. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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. |
| Subjects | United States--Virginia--Arlington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,971 × 4,266 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257510 |
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