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[Monument near Capitol, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Monument near Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
[Monument near Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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A window into the past: [Monument near Capitol, Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Monument near Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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This view is a glass negative of a monument near the U.S. Capitol, though the record does not name the monument itself. The title was supplied by Library staff, and the handwritten caption on the negative refers to the American Red Cross building, a reminder that such plates were often filed by nearby landmark. The National Photo Company made thousands of street and civic views of Washington in the early twentieth century, and its plates document the capital as it looked in the years after World War I. Viewers should notice the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from deterioration of the original coating rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. Caption on neg.: Am. Red Cross Bldg. 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 scan5,545 × 7,187 px · prints to 18 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259493

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