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United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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Step back in time with United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.]

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A phonograph shop at 1312 S Street in Washington is the subject of this glass negative, a small-format record of a commercial storefront from about 1921 to 1922. The National Photo Company, which documented the city's streets and businesses for much of the early twentieth century, made the image, and the collection came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947. In those years the phonograph was a fast-growing consumer product, so shops like this one sold records and machines to households across the city. The negative shows streaks and other blemishes from the natural breakdown of its original coatings, which affects some of the finer detail.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 scan7,073 × 5,496 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259523

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