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Buildings in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. – Antique Photo Print

Buildings in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., [1922?] — historic photograph
Buildings in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., [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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A window into the past: Buildings in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Buildings in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

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Pennsylvania Avenue's 600 block in northwest Washington is the stretch this picture shows, with its row of buildings lining the street. The National Photo Company, which made thousands of street views of the capital in the early decades of the 1900s, took many such scenes for sale as postcards and souvenirs. The record ties the picture to hotels and stores, a reminder that this stretch between the Capitol and the White House was a busy commercial strip around 1922. Much of this older streetscape was cleared in the 1930s to make way for the Federal Triangle complex, so the photograph now documents a block that no longer exists.

Created / published[1922?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: Hotels. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Hotels, taverns, etc. Caption card tracings: Stores...; D.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,212 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127421

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