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Fire, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Fire, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1912 and 1930] — historic photograph
Fire, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1912 and 1930]. 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: Fire, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Fire, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

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A fire at the United States Capitol is the subject of this glass negative, though the record does not say which blaze it shows or when it broke out. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington, D.C., in the early twentieth century, made the negative, which is dated somewhere between 1912 and 1930. The title came from notes on the negative or its sleeve and has not been independently verified. Visitors should also notice the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from the natural deterioration of the original coating over time.

Created / published[between 1912 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
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 six
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,059 × 4,380 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-256976

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