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Lincoln visited Mathew Brady's studio in Washington, D.C., on at least three occasions in 1864. Several portraits survive from each session. January 8, 1864 [107] Overlay of three stereo images from a multiple image stereographic plate This image is an overlay of three views compiled from a multiple image stereographic plate taken by Brady.
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building .
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States. The "Traditional Downtown" has been defined as an area roughly between Union Station in the east and 16th Street NW in the west, and between the National Mall on the south and Massachusetts Avenue on the north, including Penn Quarter.
Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing Inc. was a photographic studio in Washington, D.C. established by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing. As a full service studio, it did portraits and also had a news photo service. Various museums and the Library of Congress have collections of their photographs.
William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam. [ 1] He was the great-grandfather of cartoonist Bill Griffith, creator ...
December 31, 2019[1][2] Location. 555 Pennsylvania AvenueNW. Washington, D.C., United States. Coordinates. 38°53′36″N77°01′09″W / 38.893219°N 77.01924°W / 38.893219; -77. The Newseumwas an American museumat 555 Pennsylvania AvenueNW, in Washington, D.C., dedicated to news and journalism that promoted free expression and the ...
Chinatown, Washington, D.C. / 38.8998; -77.0217. Washington, D.C. 's Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017. The current neighborhood was the second in Washington ...
Taken between 1973 and 1999, the images are a visual journal of the downtown New York art world and its debauchery, capturing Goldin’s own bruised and beaten face, the result of an abusive ...