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#130 American Red Cross canteen, Union Station, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

#130 American Red Cross canteen, Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
#130 American Red Cross canteen, Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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 #130 American Red Cross canteen, Union Station, [Washington, D.C.]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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#130 American Red Cross canteen, Union Station, [Washington, D.C.]

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Union Station, the grand railroad terminal that opened in Washington in 1907, is the setting for this view of an American Red Cross canteen. During the First World War, canteens like this one at busy rail hubs offered coffee, sandwiches and other refreshments to soldiers and sailors passing through on their way to and from camps and ports. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented the capital in the early twentieth century, made the negative, which is dated to somewhere between 1910 and 1920. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes on the glass, the result of natural deterioration in its original coatings.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
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 scan6,438 × 5,128 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260123

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