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American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C. – Historic Print

American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C., 1901 — historic photograph
American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C., 1901. 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 historic photograph of American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C.

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Few pictures in this group show a bank, and this exterior of the American Security & Trust Company, photographed in 1901, records a commercial building in the middle of the capital's changing financial life. The company was a local trust firm, part of the wave of banking houses that served Washington's growing government and business community around the turn of the century. Frances Benjamin Johnston, who made the photograph, spent much of her career documenting the city's buildings and institutions, and her collection now resides at the Library of Congress. The print was later published in *American Heritage*, which helped bring such views of everyday civic architecture to a wider audience.

Created / published1901
Medium1 photographic print.
Genrep. 34."
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: American Heritage"
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128483

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