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Foxhall or Foundry M.E. Church, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Foxhall or Foundry M.E. Church, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
Foxhall or Foundry M.E. Church, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1940]. 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: Foxhall or Foundry M.E. Church, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Foxhall or Foundry M.E. Church, [Washington, D.C.]

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The record hedges between two names, Foxhall and Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, so this view may show the Foundry congregation's building in Washington, a church whose roots reach back to 1814 and whose name came from a nearby cannon foundry. The National Photo Company, which produced thousands of views of the capital in the early twentieth century, documented churches, government buildings and street scenes during a period of rapid growth in the city. The film itself is worth noting: the catalogers mention streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of the negative's coating, which give surviving early negatives like this one their mottled, worn look.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
Medium1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreNitrate negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 scan5,966 × 4,283 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257655

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