Armistice Day – Historic 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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Armistice Day
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Woodrow Wilson, who had led the country through the last year of World War I, appears in the album that holds this 1922 print, which is dated November 11, the anniversary of the 1918 armistice. By 1922 Wilson was a former president, living in retirement in Washington, and the caption card's tags point to both his role and the wartime holiday. Armistice Day was then a time for remembrance, with parades, ceremonies, and moments of silence held across the country. The National Photo Company, which made the picture, worked as a commercial news and portrait studio of the era, so the image reflects how such events were recorded for public audiences.
| Created / published | 1922 Nov. 11. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Woodrow Wilson, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 21279. stained). Caption card tracings: Pres.; WWI; Holidays; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157490 |
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