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Historic Architecture - Washington DC - Store and office building – Historic Photograph Print

Historic Architecture - Washington DC - Store and office building — historic image
Historic Architecture - Washington DC - Store and office building. Historic image from the Washington DC collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Historic Architecture - Washington DC - Store and office building. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Historic Architecture - Washington DC - Store and office building

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The record gives us a store and office building in Washington, D.C., with little more than its title to go on, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of the city's commercial streetscape. Buildings of this type, combining ground-floor retail with offices above, were a common sight in the capital's downtown and commercial corridors from the late nineteenth into the early twentieth century, when merchants and professionals concentrated near government offices and transit lines. Their brick or stone fronts, large display windows and upper-story window rows reflected a practical blend of selling space and work space. Looking closely at the facade, cornice and signage can reveal how a building like this presented itself to the street.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan1,486 × 1,194 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217746

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