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Harry Wardman Co., old house, Water & M, S.W., [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Harry Wardman Co., old house, Water & M, S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1928] — historic photograph
Harry Wardman Co., old house, Water & M, S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1928]. 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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Harry Wardman Co., old house, Water & M, S.W., [Washington, D.C.]

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A builder's name gives this view its particular interest: the negative is titled for the Harry Wardman Company and shows an old house at Water and M streets in Southwest Washington. Wardman was among the most active builders in the capital in the early 1900s, and the Southwest waterfront was then a dense, mixed neighborhood of older homes near the Potomac, much of which was cleared in the postwar redevelopment of the area. The National Photo Company made the glass plate sometime between 1918 and 1928, and the streaks and blotches across it come from the coating deteriorating over time rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1928]
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. 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 scan6,377 × 5,153 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262577

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