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Street view, Wash., D.C. – Vintage Photo Print

Street view, Wash., D.C., [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Street view, Wash., D.C., [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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Step back in time with Street view, Wash., D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Street view, Wash., D.C.

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The record gives only a generic title, "Street view," so this negative stands out less for a named landmark than for what it shows of Washington in the early twentieth century. It belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work made by a commercial studio that photographed the capital and sold views of its streets, buildings and monuments to residents and visitors. The negative is dated roughly between 1910 and 1935, a period when the city was growing quickly and its avenues were filling with streetcars, automobiles and pedestrians. The record notes that the negative is on safety film and that it was given to the Library of Congress by Herbert A. French in 1947, and it also flags possible streaking from deterioration of the coating.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : safety film ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreSafety film 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 scan6,414 × 5,177 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260395

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