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Conn. Ave. north from Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

Conn. Ave. north from Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
Conn. Ave. north from Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1932]. 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 Conn. Ave. north from Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Conn. Ave. north from Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C.

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Connecticut Avenue running north from Chevy Chase Circle shows one of the city's main northwest approaches just where the District meets Maryland. The circle sits at the edge of the Chevy Chase neighborhood, and by the years this view was made, the avenue was becoming a residential corridor as well as a route into the countryside beyond the city limits. The photograph was taken by H.E. French and belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a body of street views made in Washington in the early twentieth century. It is worth looking at the roadway, the streetcar tracks and the surrounding buildings for clues about how this edge of the capital worked before automobiles dominated it.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Street Scenes. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Photo by H.E. French. Original in Herbert E. French coll., album no. 609, Washington street scenes. 105"; "1355.""
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,239 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111717

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