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[Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1908] — historic photograph
[Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1908]. 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: [Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 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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[Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

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Few houses in early Washington were as well known as the Van Ness mansion at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, built by the Van Ness family in the city's early decades and remembered for its lavish entertaining. This glass negative, made between 1900 and 1908, was taken when the city's older residences were giving way to federal buildings and commercial development. The record links the picture to Goode's *Capitol Losses*, a study of buildings lost to the changing capital, so it documents a site that no longer stands. Its National Photo Company origin places it among the commercial street and architecture views the firm produced for the city.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1908]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesUnverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve: Fair [...] Mansion. Date from Goode's Capitol losses, p. 32. 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 one.
SubjectsDwellings. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,241 × 4,192 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229417

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