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Pension Ofc. interior, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

Pension Ofc. interior, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Pension Ofc. interior, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. 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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Pension Ofc. interior, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Pension Ofc. interior, [Washington, D.C.]

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The Pension Office, which handled Civil War veterans' pension claims, occupied the Pension Building on F Street NW, a late-nineteenth-century landmark known for its enormous Great Hall and rows of tall columns. This glass negative records one of its interior spaces around 1920 to 1921, when the National Photo Company was documenting Washington's government buildings and streets. Faint streaks across the plate come from the natural deterioration of the original coating, not from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
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 scan6,432 × 5,159 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259067

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