Continental Trust Bldg. – Antique Photo Print
![Continental Trust Bldg., [1926] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7b/7bfdf9ea8c3a-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Continental Trust Bldg., a historic photograph rich in period 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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The Continental Trust Building stood in the commercial core of downtown Washington, D.C., where the office towers of the early twentieth century were reshaping the city's skyline. The National Photo Company, which recorded the capital's streets, buildings and public life during those decades, made this glass negative, and its date of about 1926 is inferred from other negatives in the same range. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration in the original coatings, so the image may look softer and more mottled than the building did when it was new.
| Created / published | [1926] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,346 × 5,960 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-256831 |
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