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A post for the first day of spring, and the start of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Commence sketching and shooting!
April 7, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Photographers shooting cherry blossoms at Tidal Basin." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
I'd swear I have a print from this same photo session hanging on my wall! I wonder from whose camera it came---all I know is that it was a mass-produced tourist-y piece of kitsch that used to be hand-colored---obviously the sun has taken its toll.
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