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[Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania Avenue, high view of the avenue looking east] – Vintage Wall Art

[Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania Avenue, high view of the avenue looking east], [1920?] — historic photograph
[Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania Avenue, high view of the avenue looking east], [1920?]. 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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Pennsylvania Avenue runs between the White House and the Capitol, and this elevated view looks east down its length toward the Capitol at the far end. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a commercial studio that documented Washington street scenes, government buildings and public life for many years. Its date is recorded only as around 1920, so it likely captures the avenue in the years after the First World War, when the city was growing quickly and cars and streetcars were becoming a common sight on its main thoroughfare.

Created / published[1920?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreCityscape photographs 1920.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsStreets--Washington (D.C.)--1920. Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167723

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