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Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], from air – Antique Wall Art

Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], from air, [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], from air, [between 1921 and 1922]. 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: Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], from air, 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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Union Station, [Washington, D.C.], from air

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Aerial views of Washington were still rare in the early 1920s, which makes this look down on Union Station unusual for its time. The station opened in 1907, was designed by Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style, and anchors the rail lines and street grid near the Capitol. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the city in the early twentieth century. It survives as a glass negative, and its surface shows the streaks and blemishes of age.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg. 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 scan6,402 × 5,159 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259771

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