Genl. Summerall reviewing C.M.T.C. at Fort Myer, 8/1/29 – Vintage Photo Print
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(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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Genl. Summerall reviewing C.M.T.C. at Fort Myer, 8/1/29 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Genl. Summerall reviewing C.M.T.C. at Fort Myer, 8/1/29
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General Charles P. Summerall, then Army Chief of Staff, is shown reviewing trainees at Fort Myer, Virginia, on August 1, 1929. The men were taking part in the Citizens' Military Training Camps, summer programs that let civilians, many of them college students, spend several weeks learning basic soldiering. Fort Myer sits on a bluff above the Potomac across from Washington, so the review took place close to the seat of government. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio active from about 1906 to 1936, recorded many official events on glass negatives like this one, whose streaks and blemishes come from deterioration of the original coating.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,600 × 4,353 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247054 |
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