[5th Div., Wash., D.C., school on outing along C&O Canal] – Antique Wall Art
![[5th Div., Wash., D.C., school on outing along C&O Canal], [1899?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cc/cc0eb2f1ae76-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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[5th Div., Wash., D.C., school on outing along C&O Canal] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few pictures in this collection show schoolchildren outdoors, and this one stands out for its label, which names the 5th Division and a school group on an outing along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Washington, D.C. The canal's towpath was a common route for walks and excursions in the late 1800s, when the waterway still carried barges between Georgetown and points west. The image is a cyanotype, a process that produces a distinctive blue print from sunlight exposure and was inexpensive enough for everyday documentary use. Its date of about 1899 places it near the end of the decade when the process was popular.
| Created / published | [1899?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : cyanotype. |
| Genre | Cyanotypes 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Education--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110380 |
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