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Clinton Apt. House, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Clinton Apt. House, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Clinton Apt. House, [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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Clinton Apt. House, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Clinton Apt. House, [Washington, D.C.]

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The Clinton Apartment House is known in this record mainly by its name, which the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve, and the title is noted as unverified. The image was made on an 8 by 6 inch glass plate, a format the company's photographers used widely to record Washington buildings and streets in the early 1920s. Glass negatives like this one can show streaks and blemishes where the original coating has deteriorated, so some marks reflect age rather than the scene itself. The plate came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Herbert A. French in 1947, and it shows how much of the capital's everyday architecture was preserved by commercial studios of the period.

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 scan5,472 × 7,056 px · prints to 18 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-258918

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