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Mexican Embassy, Eye St. (moved), [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Mexican Embassy, Eye St. (moved), [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Mexican Embassy, Eye St. (moved), [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935]. 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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This historic photograph of Mexican Embassy, Eye St. (moved), [Washington, D.C.] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Mexican Embassy, Eye St. (moved), [Washington, D.C.]

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Few pictures in the National Photo Company collection show a foreign mission on Eye Street, and the record notes that the embassy had since moved. Legations in the capital often changed addresses as their leases and missions shifted. The National Photo Company documented Washington's streets and buildings on glass negatives in the early twentieth century, and this plate dates from roughly 1910 to 1935. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural deterioration of its original coating, so some loss of detail is expected.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,183 × 6,438 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260597

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