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[View looking up F Street from the Patent Office to the Treasury building, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Photo Print

[View looking up F Street from the Patent Office to the Treasury building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1890 and 1900] — historic photograph
[View looking up F Street from the Patent Office to the Treasury building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1890 and 1900]. 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 [View looking up F Street from the Patent Office to the Treasury building, Washington, D.C.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[View looking up F Street from the Patent Office to the Treasury building, Washington, D.C.]

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This view runs along F Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare in the 1890s, from the Patent Office building toward the Treasury. The Patent Office, a massive granite structure completed in the 1860s, anchors one end of the picture, while the Treasury's classical bulk closes the distance. Street-level details such as storefronts, signs, and the crowded roadway show how the commercial district operated just steps from federal offices. Because it captures the city's government buildings and its everyday commerce side by side, the photograph is useful for understanding Washington before the twentieth century reshaped its downtown.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. Business districts--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206573

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