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[Panorama of Union Station grounds, before construction of Union Station, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Panorama of Union Station grounds, before construction of Union Station, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1907] — historic photograph
[Panorama of Union Station grounds, before construction of Union Station, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1907]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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[Panorama of Union Station grounds, before construction of Union Station, Washington, 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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[Panorama of Union Station grounds, before construction of Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

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Few views show the ground where Union Station would stand as plainly as this panorama, which records an open expanse of rail yard and tangled tracks before any of the new building went up. Several railroads, including the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio, had been running trains into separate depots around the capital, and the consolidated terminal designed by Daniel Burnham's firm was meant to replace that patchwork. Hand coloring, applied over the black-and-white print, was a common way to add life to such scenes for period viewers. Taken between 1900 and 1907, the image captures the site in the years just before the Beaux-Arts station opened.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1907]
Medium1 photographic print : hand-colored.
GenrePanoramic photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints Hand-colored 1900-1910.
SubjectsUnion Station (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910. Railroad tracks--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,455 × 900 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219799

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