Pres. Wilson laying corner stone, Central Park Church – Historic Reproduction
![Pres. Wilson laying corner stone, Central Park Church, [between 1909 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e1ad40e410cf-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Pres. Wilson laying corner stone, Central Park Church in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pres. Wilson laying corner stone, Central Park Church
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President Woodrow Wilson is the figure at the center of this scene as he takes part in laying the cornerstone of Central Park Church, a formal ceremony that marked the start of a new building. Cornerstone laying was a public ritual in the early 1900s, usually with a printed program, and a program survives with this negative. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, whose photographers recorded Washington-area events on glass plates during the 1910s. Look for the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from deterioration of the original coating rather than from the event itself.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Program in envelope. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,075 × 4,401 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248548 |
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