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Union Station, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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Union Station, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Union Station, [Washington, D.C.]

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Union Station in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, and this glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented the city in the early twentieth century. The record dates it only to a span between 1921 and 1922, and the title is marked as unverified, so the exact view and vantage point remain uncertain. The station, designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, was then one of the busiest rail hubs in the country and a symbol of the capital's ambitions. Note the surface streaks and blemishes, which come from deterioration in the original coatings rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,378 × 5,140 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259739

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