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Flooded street, Wash., D.C. – Antique Photo Print

Flooded street, Wash., D.C., [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph
Flooded street, Wash., D.C., [between 1909 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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: Flooded street, Wash., 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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Flooded street, Wash., D.C.

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A heavy rain or river overflow has turned this Washington, D.C., street into a shallow lake, though the record does not name the street or date the flood. The image comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a commercial studio that documented the capital's streets, buildings, and events in the early twentieth century, and the negative itself is on safety film, which replaced the more volatile nitrate stock. The catalog's title comes from unverified notes made by the company, so the location is a likely but unconfirmed reading. Faint streaks and blemishes on the negative are typical of aging coatings.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1940]
Medium1 negative : safety film ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreSafety film negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,943 × 4,306 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257637

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