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Unitarian Church, 16th & Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

Unitarian Church, 16th & Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.], [1926] — historic photograph
Unitarian Church, 16th & Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.], [1926]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Unitarian Church, 16th & Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Unitarian Church, 16th & Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.]

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The Unitarian church at 16th Street and Columbia Road in northwest Washington is the subject here, a corner building caught in a plain, documentary view. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm active in the capital in the early twentieth century, made many street scenes and public buildings that were sold as postcards and souvenirs. The image is a glass negative, a format that recorded fine detail, and its date of about 1926 places it in the years when the Columbia Heights area was growing with houses and churches. Look closely at the street and surrounding buildings for a record of how this neighborhood looked at the time.

Created / published[1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,345 × 5,960 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256833

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