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Stores in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

Stores in Anacostia, Washington, D.C., [1919?] — historic photograph
Stores in Anacostia, Washington, D.C., [1919?]. 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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Stores in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Storefronts along Nichols Avenue in Anacostia, the Southeast Washington neighborhood across the river from the older city core, are the subject here, and the catalog notes soda fountains among the businesses. Nichols Avenue was a main commercial street for the community in the early twentieth century, and the National Photo Company, which recorded thousands of street views of the capital from about 1906 to 1932, documented it as a working district of ordinary shops. The print was once filed with Fourth of July material, so the holiday headings may point to decorated windows or street crowds. The date is estimated at around 1919.

Created / published[1919?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Washington, D.C., Environs. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Fourth of July. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Soda fountains; Stores...; Washington, D.C. -- Views -- Gen.; Washington, D.C. -- Streets -- Nichols; Holidays; Washington, D.C. -- Anacostia; Washington, D.C. -- Stores; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,280 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134455

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