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Security Storage Co, [1140 15, N.W., [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Security Storage Co, [1140 15, N.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Security Storage Co, [1140 15, N.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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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Security Storage Co, [1140 15, N.W., [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Security Storage Co, [1140 15, N.W., [Washington, D.C.]

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A commercial storage building at 1140 15th Street Northwest, home to the Security Storage Company, is the subject of this view, which likely dates from sometime between 1910 and 1926. It comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that produced a large body of pictures of the city's buildings and streets during those years, many of them sold as souvenir views. Herbert A. French gave the glass negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. Its streaks and blemishes come from the natural breakdown of the original coating, a reminder of how fragile these early plates were.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,353 × 5,134 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261813

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