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[Aerial view of the Sun Building, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial view of the Sun Building, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, Washington, D.C.], [1945?] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of the Sun Building, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, Washington, D.C.], [1945?]. 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 rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of the Sun Building, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Aerial view of the Sun Building, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, Washington, D.C.]

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This aerial view isolates a single office building, the Sun Building, on the block between 13th and 14th Streets NW in Washington, D.C., a rare overhead vantage on a structure that street-level photographs usually capture only in part. The Library's catalog dates the print to about 1945, though the question mark signals that the date is an estimate, and the title was supplied by Library staff rather than taken from the original. The 1940s were a period of heavy growth for the capital, as wartime and postwar federal agencies expanded and filled new and existing office blocks. Pictures like this one show how those dense downtown blocks were laid out, with rooftops, courtyards, and the street grid visible at once.

Created / published[1945?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreCityscape photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff.
SubjectsOffice buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950. Business districts--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,183 × 5,118 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-208113

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