Westary[?] Bldg. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Westary[?] Bldg., [between 1918 and 1928] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/13/1369d711dcf2-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Westary[?] Bldg.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Westary[?] Bldg.
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The title on this glass negative, "Westary[?] Bldg.," carries a question mark because the name came from notes the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve and was never confirmed, so the building's identity is still uncertain. The negative belongs to a group the company made in the years between about 1918 and 1928, when its Washington, D.C., staff photographed the city's buildings and streets for commercial sale. Herbert A. French gave it to the Library of Congress in 1947. Viewers should expect streaks and blemishes, which come from the natural deterioration of the original coatings on the glass.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1928] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,096 × 5,431 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262469 |
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