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[Woodrow Wilson, holding U.S. flag, in parade, on Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

[Woodrow Wilson, holding U.S. flag, in parade, on Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.], [1916] — historic photograph
[Woodrow Wilson, holding U.S. flag, in parade, on Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.], [1916]. 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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[Woodrow Wilson, holding U.S. flag, in parade, on Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.]

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Here the president himself carries the American flag at the head of a Preparedness Day parade in Washington, D.C., in 1916. The march was part of a nationwide push for a stronger military as the war in Europe drew closer to American affairs and tensions with Mexico ran high. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington's public life in the 1910s, made this image, and its scenes of parades and official occasions give a close view of how civic patriotism was staged before the United States entered World War I in 1917.

Created / published[1916]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsWilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924--Public appearances--Washington (D.C.) Parades & processions--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186203

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