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The Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. (exterior), 1409 H Street, N.W.?, Washington, D.C. – Historic Photograph Print

The Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. (exterior), 1409 H Street, N.W.?, Washington, D.C., [1921?] — historic photograph
The Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. (exterior), 1409 H Street, N.W.?, Washington, D.C., [1921?]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. (exterior), 1409 H Street, N.W.?, Washington, D.C.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. (exterior), 1409 H Street, N.W.?, Washington, D.C.

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A bank and mortgage firm called the Banking Trust & Mortgage Co. stands at the heart of this view, its storefront recorded on H Street in Washington, D.C., with the address given in the catalog record as uncertain. The date is also an estimate, around 1921, and the caption card notes automobiles, which places the scene in the early years of the car's spread through city streets. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio active from about 1907 into the 1930s, made many such street and business views, so the picture offers a useful look at how downtown financial offices presented themselves to passersby.

Created / published[1921?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: Banks. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. F82-7104. Formerly in SPF - Banks & banking. Caption card tracings: Washington, D.C. -- Buildings, Non-government.; Autos -- 1921?; Banks; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,138 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129442

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