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Richmond, Va., St. John Church – Historic Print

Richmond, Va., St. John Church, [1920] — historic photograph
Richmond, Va., St. John Church, [1920]. Historic photograph from the Richmond 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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Step back in time with Richmond, Va., St. John Church, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Richmond, Va., St. John Church

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St. John's Church on Richmond's Church Hill is where Patrick Henry delivered his "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775, which gives this modest brick building an outsized place in American history. The church dates to the 1740s, and by the time this glass negative was made around 1920, it was already a landmark that drew visitors interested in the Revolutionary era. The National Photo Company produced many such views of American towns and sites in the early twentieth century, and this negative, a 1947 gift to the Library of Congress, shows the streaks and blemishes that often appear as the glass coatings age.

Created / published[1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,358 × 4,321 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-231510

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