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Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, 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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Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]

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Here the Washington Monument rises above the Potomac River, a pairing that captured the capital's appeal to photographers in the early twentieth century. The obelisk was completed in 1884 and opened to visitors in 1888, and by the 1910s it was the city's most recognizable landmark. This glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, which produced many views of Washington for tourists and postcard publishers, and it dates from roughly 1910 to 1926. Look closely and you may notice streaks and blemishes, the result of the emulsion coatings deteriorating over time.

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 scan6,445 × 5,201 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261415

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