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The F.H. Smith Company Building, Washington, D.C. Now under construction – Historic Photograph Print

The F.H. Smith Company Building, Washington, D.C. Now under construction — historic photograph
The F.H. Smith Company Building, Washington, D.C. Now under construction. 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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This historic photograph of The F.H. Smith Company Building, Washington, D.C. Now under construction brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The F.H. Smith Company Building, Washington, D.C. Now under construction

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Few views of downtown Washington catch an office building at the stage when its construction is still visible, which makes this 1923 photograph of the F.H. Smith Company Building worth a closer look. The F.H. Smith Company was a local real estate and insurance firm, and its new headquarters reflects the wave of commercial construction that reshaped the capital's business district during the 1920s. The print is a copy made around 1990 from an earlier original, so its tones and details reflect both the original photograph and later reproduction.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1923, copy photograph ca. 1990.
SubjectsOffice buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187162

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