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Government Hospital for Insane, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Government Hospital for Insane, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph
Government Hospital for Insane, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925]. 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: Government Hospital for Insane, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Government Hospital for Insane, [Washington, D.C.]

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Set on a hill in southeast Washington above the Anacostia River, the Government Hospital for the Insane opened in 1855 as a federal institution, and over the following decades it grew into a sprawling campus of wards and grounds. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that documented the capital in the early twentieth century, made this glass negative, which dates from roughly 1910 to 1925. The streaks and blemishes across the plate come from the natural breakdown of its original coating, a reminder of how fragile these negatives are.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1925]
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. 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 scan6,461 × 5,122 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261209

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