West Point Centennial, New York, 1902 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with West Point Centennial, New York, 1902, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: West Point Centennial
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West Point Centennial, New York, 1902
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West Point, New York, marked its centennial in 1902, one hundred years after Congress and President Thomas Jefferson established the United States Military Academy on the bluffs above the Hudson River in 1802. By then the post was closely tied to the nation's army, and many of its graduates had recently served in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippines. The academy's reputation rested on the engineering curriculum shaped by Sylvanus Thayer, the superintendent often called the father of West Point, whose reforms in the 1810s and 1820s still defined its teaching. Visitors arriving by river steamer or by rail on the opposite shore saw a campus of stone barracks and parade ground set among Revolutionary-era earthworks, and locals in Highland Falls and the surrounding Hudson Highlands would have counted the academy among the region's most important institutions.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Creator | falk, b. j. (benjamin j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,182 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | West Point Centennial |
| Reference | NY 1902a West Point Centennial |
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