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[Washington, D.C., switch yards, Union Station] – Antique Wall Art

[Washington, D.C., switch yards, Union Station], [between 1907 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Washington, D.C., switch yards, Union Station], [between 1907 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [Washington, D.C., switch yards, Union Station], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rather than the station's monumental front, this view turns to the switch yards that fed Union Station in Washington, D.C., where tracks from several railroads came together. The station opened in 1907 to a Beaux-Arts design by Daniel Burnham, consolidating train service that had been spread across older depots. Made by the Detroit Publishing Company between 1907 and 1910, this 8 by 10 inch glass negative records the working side of that effort, with rails, switches and rolling stock laid out in detail.

Created / published[between 1907 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5304 C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036811. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUnion Station (Washington, D.C.) Railroad stations. Railroad switches.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68150

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