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Security Storage warehouse, 1140 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Security Storage warehouse, 1140 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C., [between 1920 and 1950] — historic photograph
Security Storage warehouse, 1140 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C., [between 1920 and 1950]. 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: Security Storage warehouse, 1140 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C., 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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Security Storage warehouse, 1140 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

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The subject here is a Security Storage warehouse at 1140 15th Street Northwest, a commercial building in downtown Washington, D.C., set near the office and hotel blocks that lined the city's central avenues. Between the 1920s and 1950, companies like this one stored household goods, furniture, and business records for residents and firms moving in and out of a rapidly growing capital. The James M. Goode Collection, from which this print comes, documents the moving and storage trade in that period, and the building's plain masonry facade shows how such warehouses were designed to be functional and secure.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1950.
NotesJames M. Goode Collection. No. G3639X.
SubjectsMoving & storage trade--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1950. Warehouses--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,189 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164643

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