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Autowreck, 6th and H, NW [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Autowreck, 6th and H, NW [Washington, D.C.], [1920] — historic photograph
Autowreck, 6th and H, NW [Washington, D.C.], [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 Autowreck, 6th and H, NW [Washington, D.C.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Autowreck, 6th and H, NW [Washington, D.C.]

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A wrecked automobile sits at the corner of 6th and H Streets NW in this glass negative, a street scene that the National Photo Company, a Washington firm known for documenting the capital's streets and daily life in the early twentieth century, chose to record. The title and the bracketed date of about 1920 come from information written on the negatives or their sleeves and have not been independently verified, though the period matches the rapid growth of automobile traffic in the city. Viewers should also notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which result from deterioration of the original coating rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,317 × 4,315 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-232321

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