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Grand Palace, shoe shining parlor, [719 1/2 14th St., Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Grand Palace, shoe shining parlor, [719 1/2 14th St., Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Grand Palace, shoe shining parlor, [719 1/2 14th St., Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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Grand Palace, shoe shining parlor, [719 1/2 14th St., Washington, D.C.]

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The record places the Grand Palace shoe shining parlor at 719 1/2 14th Street in Washington, a commercial stretch of the city where such businesses were a familiar part of daily life. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington's streets and storefronts in the early twentieth century, made this glass negative sometime between 1921 and 1922. Shoe shine parlors then offered a quick, inexpensive service that many men visited regularly, so the scene captures an ordinary urban trade of the period. The plate shows streaks and other blemishes from the gradual breakdown of its original coating, which is typical of negatives of this age.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 scan5,561 × 7,235 px · prints to 19 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259626

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