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Seven Buildings, Pa. Ave. and 19th St., N.W., N.W. corner [Washington D.C.] – Vintage Photo Print

Seven Buildings, Pa. Ave. and 19th St., N.W., N.W. corner [Washington D.C.], [ca. 1880] — historic photograph
Seven Buildings, Pa. Ave. and 19th St., N.W., N.W. corner [Washington D.C.], [ca. 1880]. 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 Seven Buildings, Pa. Ave. and 19th St., N.W., N.W. corner [Washington D.C.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Seven Buildings, Pa. Ave. and 19th St., N.W., N.W. corner [Washington D.C.]

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The corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 19th Street NW, shown here as a row of buildings called the Seven Buildings, sat a few blocks from the White House on the city's main ceremonial and commercial thoroughfare. In the late nineteenth century, Pennsylvania Avenue was lined with shops, offices, hotels, and government-related businesses, and a block like this one shows how closely commerce and public life were intertwined in the capital. The record dates the print to about 1880, though that date comes from an unverified caption card, so it is best read as approximate. The photograph comes from James M. Goode's collection of Washington views, which is useful for seeing how the city's streetscapes were documented during this period.

Created / published[ca. 1880]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. G70AX. James M. Goode Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,159 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159596

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