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[Exterior of Woodward & Lothrop department store, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

[Exterior of Woodward & Lothrop department store, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Exterior of Woodward & Lothrop department store, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 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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[Exterior of Woodward & Lothrop department store, Washington, D.C.]

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A downtown landmark on F Street, the Woodward & Lothrop department store is the subject of this exterior view, taken between 1910 and 1920. The store, founded in 1880, grew into one of the city's best-known retailers and drew shoppers from across the District. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington streets and buildings in these years, made the picture, and it offers a useful look at how the commercial core of the capital appeared before the 1920s.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 1321.
SubjectsDepartment stores--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,260 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194595

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