Category:Photographs by E. B. Thompson

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In 1944 the D.C. Public Library purchased over 1800 lantern slides and glass plate negatives from E.B. Thompson for $1,000. Mr. Thompson was a photographer who in 1904 opened a store that sold “steropticon supplies, cameras, lantern slides,” and other photographic equipment. He offered to sell his collection of images of Washington, DC to the DC Public Library as he prepared to retire from full time work after a long illness.

Starting in 1946 the DC Public Library contracted with the Library of Congress to create 8x10 black and white prints on mounts from his collection of slides and negatives. The prints are now part of the Washington, DC Historical Image Collection in the Washingtoniana Division. The collection’s strengths are in its images of federal buildings, the Arlington National Cemetery, federal memorials, national parades, historic houses, and street scenes. 200 of Thompson's photos are available under a Flickr Commons "No known copyright restrictions" license at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/sets/72157614774266293/with/3359940087/

Note that a few of the photos in this Flickr set are actually by other photographers. They shouldn't be placed in this category,

Media in category "Photographs by E. B. Thompson"

The following 43 files are in this category, out of 43 total.

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