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[...] Bldg., H & 13th St. S.W., [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

[...] Bldg., H & 13th St. S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph
[...] Bldg., H & 13th St. S.W., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920]. 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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[...] Bldg., H & 13th St. S.W., [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[...] Bldg., H & 13th St. S.W., [Washington, D.C.]

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The record gives this building's name only as a bracketed gap, so the corner of H and 13th Streets Southwest is the main clue to what stood there. The picture belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a body of glass negatives made by a commercial studio that documented Washington streets and buildings in the early twentieth century. Dated to about 1918 to 1920, it shows the capital during the years when wartime expansion brought new government workers and businesses into the city. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947, and its surface shows the streaks typical of aging glass plates.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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 one.
SubjectsBuildings. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,143 × 4,213 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229556

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