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Columbia Planograph Co., [L St., Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Columbia Planograph Co., [L St., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Columbia Planograph Co., [L St., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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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Columbia Planograph Co., [L St., 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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Columbia Planograph Co., [L St., Washington, D.C.]

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Commercial firms lined L Street in downtown Washington in the 1910s and early 1920s, and this view records one of them, the Columbia Planograph Company, at its location on that street. The National Photo Company, which photographed the capital for decades, made the glass negative. Its date is uncertain and falls somewhere between 1910 and 1926, and the street name in the title comes from the photographer's unverified notes. Viewers should also notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which come from the coating breaking down over time rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
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 scan5,189 × 6,384 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261736

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