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Central Presbyterian Church, [3 and I Sts., Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

Central Presbyterian Church, [3 and I Sts., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Central Presbyterian Church, [3 and I Sts., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1935]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Central Presbyterian Church, [3 and I Sts., Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Central Presbyterian Church, [3 and I Sts., Washington, D.C.]

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Central Presbyterian Church stood at Third and I Streets in Washington, D.C., a corner of the city's downtown grid where churches, offices, and residences stood side by side. The image survives as a glass negative from the National Photo Company, a firm that documented the nation's capital in the early twentieth century, and its catalog dates this one to between 1910 and 1935. Viewers should notice the streaks and blemishes across the plate, which come from the natural breakdown of the original emulsion coatings and are part of the negative's physical history.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
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 scan5,183 × 6,433 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260763

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