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Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph
Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920]. 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 Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.]

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The Corcoran Art Gallery, the first art museum in Washington, D.C., was founded by William Wilson Corcoran, a banker who opened it in 1874 to house American art and his growing collection. This glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection captures the building in the years just after the First World War, when the capital was busy with new government construction and visitors were drawn to its museums. The company, which operated from about 1904 to 1925, documented Washington's streets and landmarks for sale as postcards and prints. Note that the title comes from data written on the negative sleeve and is not fully verified, and the glass shows some streaking from age.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one.
SubjectsCorcoran Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.) Galleries & museums. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,236 × 4,225 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229437

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