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Fifth Baptist Church, 5th & E, S.W., [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Fifth Baptist Church, 5th & E, S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
Fifth Baptist Church, 5th & E, S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 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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Step back in time with Fifth Baptist Church, 5th & E, S.W., [Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Fifth Baptist Church, 5th & E, S.W., [Washington, D.C.]

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Fifth Baptist Church stood at the corner of Fifth and E streets in Southwest Washington, and this glass negative captures it around 1920, when churches were a familiar part of neighborhood life across the city. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that photographed Washington for postcards and published views, made the image, and its large plates were valued for their sharp detail in buildings and street scenes. Look closely and you will see streaks and small blemishes across the plate, the result of the original coatings deteriorating over the decades since the exposure was made.

Created / published[ca. 1920]
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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.}.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,577 × 7,121 px · prints to 19 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-258649

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