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Suffragettes near the White House, Washington, D.C. – Historic Reproduction

Suffragettes near the White House, Washington, D.C., [1917?] — historic photograph
Suffragettes near the White House, Washington, D.C., [1917?]. Historic photograph from the White House 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: Suffragettes near the White House, Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few places in Washington drew as many political demonstrations as the White House, and this print captures suffragists gathered near its grounds, with the date recorded as 1917 in brackets, meaning the cataloguers estimated it. That year the National Woman's Party began picketing the president's gates with banners demanding the vote, the first such protests at the executive mansion. Many of the women were arrested and jailed, and the protests helped keep the question of a federal voting amendment in the national spotlight until Congress passed it in 1919 and it was ratified in 1920. The photograph was made by the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented the capital's streets and events.

Created / published[1917?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle from item. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. Suffragists--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,236 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207505

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