U.S. Capitol & 63rd infantry – Antique 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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U.S. Capitol & 63rd infantry comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S. Capitol & 63rd infantry
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Soldiers of the 63rd Infantry pass in review before the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 1920, after the War Department assigned the regiment as a permanent unit of the District of Columbia National Guard. Its job was to guard the national Capitol in peacetime as well as in war, which made a local militia unit a fixture of the building's ceremonial life. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that recorded the city's public events in the early twentieth century. The surviving glass negative shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | 1920 March 26. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: The War Department has assigned the 63rd. Infantry U.S.A. as a permanent National Guard of Washington D.C. It will be the duty of the Unit to guard the National Capitol in Peace times as well as War. Photo shows the guard passing in review at the Capitol today. 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 one. |
| Subjects | District of Columbia National Guard. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Infantry. Military parades & ceremonies. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,181 × 4,181 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-230647 |
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