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Apt., 2400 16th, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

Apt., 2400 16th, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1928] — historic photograph
Apt., 2400 16th, [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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Apt., 2400 16th, [Washington, D.C.]

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Few details survive about this particular building, which the National Photo Company recorded only by its address, 2400 16th Street Northwest. Sixteenth Street was one of Washington's grand residential avenues in the 1910s and 1920s, when apartment houses rose along its blocks for government workers and professionals drawn to the growing capital. The National Photo Company, active in Washington from about 1907 into the early 1930s, produced thousands of street views like this one for postcards and civic records. Because the date is inferred from neighboring negatives, the picture is best read as a snapshot of its era, and the faint streaks on the glass are signs of age.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1928]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
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 scan7,105 × 5,505 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262614

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