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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
[REV 25-NOV-2014]
May 1865. "City Point, Virginia. Gen. Rufus Ingalls and group." The group is back, slightly rearranged and expanded. Wet-plate glass negative. View full size.
May 1865. "City Point, Virginia. Gen. Rufus Ingalls and group." As chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac, Ingalls oversaw the huge supply depot at City Point. Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
1917. Washington, D.C. "Congressional baseball game. President and Mrs. Wilson." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
"William Phillips children, 1924." Their diplomat dad was Under Secretary of State in the Harding administration. National Photo Co. View full size.
Arlington, Virginia, 1917. "Fort Myer officers' training camp mess." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
"1917. Camp Meade, Maryland. Winter views." At ease in the barracks with news from the folks. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
October 1, 1924. "Mogridge, Phillips & Martina buying baseball souvenirs." Washington players George Mogridge and Joe Martina with Nationals announcer E. Lawrence Phillips (2nd from right) at Griffith Stadium three days before the start of the World Series between the Nationals and Giants. View full size.
1917. "Camp Meade, Maryland. Miscellaneous views." What the garbage inspector said: "This place is a mess!" Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
"Election night crowd at White House, November 1920." The chosen one was Warren Harding. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Washington circa 1918. The caption for this one is "no caption." Anybody here look familiar? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Update: These officers were members of the Czech Legion; in the middle is Capt. Vladimir Hurban. Thanks to Anonymous and Stanton Square for this info.
Washington circa 1920. "Barretta interior, 9 (maybe G) St." The nice thing about glazed wallpaper is it's so easy to keep clean. Nat'l Photo Co. View full size.
"Almas director." Officials of Almas, the Washington D.C., Masonic temple, at the Shriners Convention of June 1923, which hosted a quarter-million delegates from lodges and temples across the United States. Imperial Potentate James McCandless and President Warren Harding, himself a Master Mason, were among the dignitaries present for a week of parades along Pennsylvania Avenue, which was strung with thousands of electric lights and rechristened the "Road to Mecca" at a time when interest in fraternal organizations was at its peak. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "National Capital Brewery." The National Capital Brewing Co. plant at 14th and D Streets S.E. The company, which owned a number bars in downtown Washington, switched to making Carry's Ice Cream with the onset of Prohibition. The brewery's boiler room furnace figured in a sensational murder case in 1912. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
"H.E.F. in den, 2227 Nichols Avenue," circa 1920. Herbert E. French owned National Photo, the source for so many of the images seen here. Evidently he surrounded himself with his work. National Photo glass negative. View full size.