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Holy Name office group, Washington, D.C. / Nat'l. Photo., Wash., D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Holy Name office group, Washington, D.C. / Nat'l. Photo., Wash., D.C., [ca. 1925] — historic photograph
Holy Name office group, Washington, D.C. / Nat'l. Photo., Wash., D.C., [ca. 1925]. 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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Holy Name office group, Washington, D.C. / Nat'l. Photo., Wash., D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Holy Name office group, Washington, D.C. / Nat'l. Photo., Wash., D.C.

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Unlike the many views of Washington monuments in the National Photo Company files, this print records people at work: a group of office staff identified only as the Holy Name office. The catalog links it to women's employment in the city during the 1920s, a decade when the federal government and the offices serving it drew large numbers of women into clerical and typing jobs. The studio, a commercial firm, photographed Washington's streets, buildings and residents from the early 1900s through the 1920s. The catalog also notes discoloration, so the tones may differ from the original.

Created / published[ca. 1925]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsOffices--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Women--Employment--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169413

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