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G St. east from 11th, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

G St. east from 11th, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
G St. east from 11th, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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: G St. east from 11th, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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G St. east from 11th, [Washington, D.C.]

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Looking east along G Street from 11th Street, this glass negative records a downtown Washington block from sometime between 1910 and 1926. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm active in the capital in the early twentieth century, made large numbers of views of city streets, buildings and monuments, many of which were sold as postcards and prints. Glass plates were fragile and often show coating damage, so the streaks and blemishes visible here are part of the object's physical history. The plate came to the Library of Congress as a 1947 gift from Herbert A. French, preserving a record of the streetscape of its day.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
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 scan7,040 × 5,440 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261495

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