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Peoples Drug Store, 804 8th St., N.E., [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Peoples Drug Store, 804 8th St., N.E., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Peoples Drug Store, 804 8th St., N.E., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. 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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Peoples Drug Store, 804 8th St., N.E., [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Peoples Drug Store, 804 8th St., N.E., [Washington, D.C.]

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Peoples Drug Store at 804 Eighth Street Northeast is captured here on an 8 by 6 inch glass negative, a format the National Photo Company used widely to document Washington's commercial streets in the early 1920s. The company's photographers recorded storefronts, signs, and street life across the city, so the image offers a snapshot of everyday retail that might otherwise go unrecorded. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a 1947 gift from Herbert A. French. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes, which come from the natural deterioration of the original emulsion coatings on glass plates of this age.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
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 scan7,008 × 5,480 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-258859

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