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Wash. Asylum Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], Mch. 16, 1915 – Vintage Print

Wash. Asylum Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], Mch. 16, 1915, 1915 March 16. — historic photograph
Wash. Asylum Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], Mch. 16, 1915, 1915 March 16.. 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 Wash. Asylum Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], Mch. 16, 1915. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Wash. Asylum Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], Mch. 16, 1915

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This view shows the Washington Asylum Hospital, the city's public hospital for the indigent sick, photographed on March 16, 1915. The title comes from the National Photo Company's own notes and is not independently verified, but the date and subject match the company's work recording Washington's public buildings and streets in the 1910s. The picture survives as an 8 by 6 inch glass negative, and the faint streaks and blemishes visible in it are typical of deterioration in the original coating. Such marks are worth noticing, since they are part of the object's physical history as well as its architectural record.

Created / published1915 March 16.
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. 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 scan7,130 × 5,497 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260677

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