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Crowd at B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co., Washington, D.C., during a sale – Antique Print

Crowd at B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co., Washington, D.C., during a sale, [ca. 1921] — historic photograph
Crowd at B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co., Washington, D.C., during a sale, [ca. 1921]. 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 Crowd at B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co., Washington, D.C., during a sale. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Crowd at B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co., Washington, D.C., during a sale

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This picture stands out for its named setting, the B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co. store in Washington, D.C., where a crowd has gathered during a sale around 1921. It comes from the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a commercial studio that documented the capital's streets, businesses and public life in the early twentieth century. Sales like this drew large crowds to downtown stores, and the photograph gives a sense of how shopping had become a public spectacle in that period. Photographs of this kind are useful for seeing how people dressed, moved and gathered in the city's commercial districts.

Created / published[ca. 1921]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Business Activities. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Crowds. Caption card tracings: BI -- Business; Arch. Colls. (4); Photog. I.; Crowds; Washington, D.C. -- Stores...; Washington, D.C. -- Views -- ca. 1921; Stores; Washington, D.C.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135950

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