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[Street, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Photo Print

[Street, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Street, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 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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A window into the past: [Street, Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Street, Washington, D.C.]

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Little is recorded about which street this is, since Library staff devised the title, so the scene has to be read from its surroundings. It belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, whose photographers worked across Washington in the 1910s, making views later sold as postcards and souvenir prints. The 8 by 6 inch glass plate was a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947, and its streaks and blemishes come from natural decay in the original coating, a common condition in glass negatives of this age.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. 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 scan5,419 × 6,918 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260156

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