[Van Ness stable-carriage house, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Van Ness stable-carriage house, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington,. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Van Ness stable-carriage house, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington,
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Among the many carriage-era buildings the National Photo Company recorded in Washington, this glass negative shows a stable and carriage house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue Northwest. The company, active in the capital roughly from the late 1890s into the 1920s, sold views of the city to tourists and residents, and this picture was likely made between about 1900 and 1908. Such outbuildings housed the horses and vehicles that wealthy households relied on before the automobile became common. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration in the original coatings, so some detail is softer than it would have been when the plate was new.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1908] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve: Fair [...] stable. Date from Goode's Capitol losses, p. 32. 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 one. |
| Subjects | Stables. Outbuildings. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,291 × 4,197 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229415 |
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