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St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1923] — historic photograph
St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1923]. 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 St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C.

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Streaks and blemishes across this glass negative of St. Aloysius Church come from the slow breakdown of its original coatings, so the plate shows its age as well as its subject. The National Photo Company, which made the negative, photographed Washington extensively in the early twentieth century, and its views were sold to visitors and residents as postcards and prints. This picture belongs to that effort to record the capital's churches, streets, and buildings during a period of rapid growth. The date is an estimate based on negatives from the same range, not a confirmed record.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1923]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,926 × 4,334 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248144

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