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Stone bridge, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

Stone bridge, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Stone bridge, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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A window into the past: Stone bridge, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Stone bridge, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Few details in the record pin down this particular span, but it shows one of the stone bridges that carried visitors across the wooded valley of Rock Creek in northwest Washington, a park Congress set aside in 1890 to preserve a natural creek corridor within the growing capital. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm active in the capital in the early twentieth century, made thousands of views like this one for sale as prints and postcards. The glass negative dates from roughly 1910 to 1935, and its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual breakdown of the original coating, which is part of what makes it worth a closer look.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg.? 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,407 × 5,165 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260698

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