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Cathedral Mansions, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Cathedral Mansions, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph
Cathedral Mansions, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1916 and 1917]. 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 Cathedral Mansions, [Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Cathedral Mansions, [Washington, D.C.]

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Cathedral Mansions, an apartment building on Connecticut Avenue in northwest Washington, is the subject of this view, dated between 1916 and 1917. Its name points to the nearby Washington National Cathedral, whose construction on Mount Saint Alban was underway in those years. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented the capital's streets and buildings on glass negatives from the late 1890s into the 1930s. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from natural deterioration of the original coating, and they are worth noticing as signs of the negative's age.

Created / published[between 1916 and 1917]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,534 × 5,122 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262134

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