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Gaseh[?] & Brige[?], F St., [Washington, D.C.], view – Vintage Print

Gaseh[?] & Brige[?], F St., [Washington, D.C.], view, [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Gaseh[?] & Brige[?], F St., [Washington, D.C.], view, [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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This rare historic photograph captures Gaseh[?] & Brige[?], F St., [Washington, D.C.], view in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Gaseh[?] & Brige[?], F St., [Washington, D.C.], view

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The record gives this view of F Street as "Gaseh[?] & Brige[?]," with both names bracketed as uncertain, so the businesses it shows remain unidentified. The picture belongs to the National Photo Company collection, whose Washington photographers recorded the city's streets, buildings and shopfronts in the years around 1920, and the negative is dated between 1920 and 1921. F Street was one of downtown Washington's main commercial avenues, so the view captures everyday retail life in the capital just after the First World War. The glass may show streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
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 scan6,384 × 5,086 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259342

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