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Metropolitan Hall, variety theater, Wash., D.C. – Vintage Photo Print

Metropolitan Hall, variety theater, Wash., D.C., [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
Metropolitan Hall, variety theater, Wash., D.C., [between 1909 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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Metropolitan Hall, variety theater, Wash., D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Metropolitan Hall, variety theater, Wash., D.C.

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Metropolitan Hall, a variety theater in Washington, D.C., is the subject of this negative. Variety theaters of the early twentieth century offered a mixed bill of acts such as singers, comedians, and novelty performers, and they were a common part of city entertainment life. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio active in Washington during these decades, recorded many of the city's buildings and streets, so this picture belongs to a broader record of the capital's urban life. Because the negative is made on nitrate film, it is fragile and can show streaks and other surface damage.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
Medium1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreNitrate negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,988 × 4,339 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257634

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