William Daw & Co. – Vintage Print
![William Daw & Co., [between 1870 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/978f144e3d57-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: William Daw & Co., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The name painted on this storefront, William Daw & Co., is the detail that sets this print apart from other street views of the capital. The record does not say what the firm sold, so the sign itself is the main clue to its trade and its place on a Washington block. Between 1870 and 1910, Washington's commercial streets filled with shopfronts, hanging signs, and window displays as the city grew after the Civil War. The photograph comes from the James M. Goode Collection, assembled by a historian of the capital's buildings, and it preserves the look of one ordinary business during that expansion.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1870-1910. |
| Notes | James M. Goode Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Storefronts--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 965 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162880 |
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