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[Group of twelve White House news photographers placing a wreath at monument to Louis J.M. Daguerre, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Group of twelve White House news photographers placing a wreath at monument to Louis J.M. Daguerre, Washington, D.C.], [between 1930 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Group of twelve White House news photographers placing a wreath at monument to Louis J.M. Daguerre, Washington, D.C.], [between 1930 and 1940]. 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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[Group of twelve White House news photographers placing a wreath at monument to Louis J.M. Daguerre, Washington, D.C.]

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Twelve White House news photographers, shown together, lay a wreath at a monument to Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, the Frenchman whose process bore his name. The daguerreotype, made public in Paris in 1839, produced sharp images on silvered copper plates and helped launch photography as a practical medium. A wreath laid by working photographers gave the occasion a pointed symbolism, honoring the inventor of the craft they practiced. The print carries the copyright of Underwood & Underwood, a Washington firm known for news and stereograph pictures of the period.

Created / published[between 1930 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesCopyright by Underwood & Underwood, Washington.
SubjectsDaguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé,--1787-1851--Monuments--Washington (D.C.) Photojournalists--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,115 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169132

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