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The Buckingham, 9120 15 St., [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

The Buckingham, 9120 15 St., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
The Buckingham, 9120 15 St., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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A window into the past: The Buckingham, 9120 15 St., [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Buckingham, 9120 15 St., [Washington, D.C.]

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The building's name, The Buckingham, and its address, 9120 15th Street, are the details that set this plate apart in the National Photo Company collection, though the title is noted as unverified. The company worked in Washington in the early twentieth century and photographed the city's streets, storefronts and buildings in large numbers, so negatives like this one record the capital in the years around 1921 and 1922. As a glass plate, it shows the streaks and coating loss common to aging negatives, which affect its finer detail. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 scan5,505 × 7,081 px · prints to 18 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259515

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