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Peoples Drug Store, exterior, 1150 7, N.W., [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Peoples Drug Store, exterior, 1150 7, N.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Peoples Drug Store, exterior, 1150 7, N.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 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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A window into the past: Peoples Drug Store, exterior, 1150 7, N.W., [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Peoples Drug Store, exterior, 1150 7, N.W., [Washington, D.C.]

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The storefront of Peoples Drug Store at 1150 Seventh Street Northwest captures a busy downtown shopping block in Washington in the early 1920s. The National Photo Company, a local firm that documented the city's streets, buildings and businesses for decades, made the picture. Its date is estimated from other negatives in the same range, so the scene likely dates from between 1920 and 1921. Faint streaks and blemishes across the glass come from the natural deterioration of the original coating, and they add a visible sign of the negative's age.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 scan7,048 × 5,481 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259299

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