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Dist. Nat. Branch, interior, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

Dist. Nat. Branch, interior, [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
Dist. Nat. Branch, interior, [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 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 Dist. Nat. Branch, interior, [Washington, D.C.]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Dist. Nat. Branch, interior, [Washington, D.C.]

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The title names a "Dist. Nat. Branch" in Washington, D.C., but the abbreviation is not explained, so the record gives little beyond the room itself. The image is a glass negative from the National Photo Company, which documented the capital's buildings and businesses in the early twentieth century for postcards, publicity, and civic records. Its date, roughly 1920, is inferred from similar negatives rather than from the scene. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural breakdown of the original coating, but they still offer a view of an everyday commercial interior of that period.

Created / published[ca. 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.}.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,389 × 5,152 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-258425

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