Washing a Town by Paul Hudachek

Washing a town

A curated photo essay National Photo Company Collection Library of Congress Archives 1

Washing a town

Star bldg. [D st., Washington, D.C.] Easter Egg Rolling Occidental Hotel, [Washington, D.C.] Launching the Mississippi, Newport News, Va. Interstate Commerce Bldg. John F. Kramer U.S. Patent Office building, Wash., D.C. Admiral Simms before House of Rep. Aircraft Com. Semmes Union Garage Alexander Mitchell Palmer, 1872-1936 White house receiving its annual bath Wilson Car Ride D.C. Wash. Pension Office bldg. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. 2

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Star bldg [D st., Washington, D.C.]

1921-1922, glass negative. Title from unverified data provided

Call Number: LC-F82- 7207 [P&P]

by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-30209

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.

Collection (Library of Congress)

Collections: National Photo Company

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Easter Egg Rolling

1924 April 21, photographic print. President Coolidge, his wife, and three other men standing on balcony of the White House. No. 30203. In album, p. 37. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Call Number: LOT 12283, v. 1 [item] [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-127250 (b&w film copy neg.) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Occidental Hotel, [Washington, D.C.]

1926, glass negative. Title 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 six

Call Number: LC-F81- 39435 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-27540 Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Launching the Mississippi, Newport News, Va.

1917 January 25, glass negative. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 six

Call Number: LC-F81- 44268 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-27903 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Interstate Commerce Bldg.

1921-1922, glass negative. Title 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.

Call Number: LC-F82- 7151 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-30189 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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John F. Kramer

1921 January 28, glass negatives. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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.

Call Number: LC-F82- 5614 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-29842 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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U.S. Patent Office building, Wash., D.C.

ca. 1920, photographic print. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: U.S. Patent Office. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 8751. French album, no. 158. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Washington, D.C. Buildings, Government; Shelf.

Call Number: LOT 12359-1-R [item] [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-58699 (b&w film copy neg.) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Admiral Simms before House of Rep. Aircraft Com.

1925 February 27, glass negatives. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 six.

Call Number: LC-F81- 34505 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-26761 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Semmes Union Garage

ca. 1920, glass negative. Title 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 six.

Call Number: LC-F82- 4170 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-29069 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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American Legion, Memorial Day Parade

1925 May 30, glass negatives. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 six.

Call Number: LC-F81- 36012 [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-27096 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Suffragettes, [Washington, D.C.]

1917, glass negative. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 six.

Call Number: LC-F81- 44557A [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-28202 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Alexander Mitchell Palmer, 1872-1936

Between 1909 and 1932, photographic print. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in Biog. File. Caption card tracings: BI; Photog. I.; Shelf.

Call Number: LOT 12362 [item] [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-64731 (b&w film copy neg.) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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White house receiving its annual bath

ca. 1920, photographic print. French folder #160, no. 1126. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf. Washington (D.C.)

Call Number: No call number recorded Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-41996 (b&w film copy neg.) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Wilson Car Ride

1921 March 4, photographic print. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Smaller print from same negative in album: Inaugurations, LOT 12285, v. 1, p. 25, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. Original glass negative: LC-F8-12417.

Call Number: LC-F81- 44557A [P&P] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-28202 (digital file from original) Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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D.C. Wash. Pension Office bldg.

1921 March 4, photographic print. No. 29852. Forms part

Call Number: LOT 12359-1C [item] [P&P]

of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

(b&w film copy neg.)

Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-131591 Collections: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)

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Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

ca. 1945, photographic print. Title and other information

Call Number: LOT 12359-3-A [item] [P&P]

transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject:

Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-50918

Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: Hotels. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Hotels, taverns, etc. Caption card tracings: DC; Hotels.

Collections: National Photo Company

(b&w film copy neg.) Collection (Library of Congress)

About the National Photo Company The National Photo Company Collection documents virtually all aspects of Washington, D.C., life. During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. It also prepared sets of pictures on popular subjects and undertook special photographic assignments for local businesses and government agencies. The images date between ca. 1850 and 1945; the bulk of the images were created between 1909 and 1932. The photographic ďŹ les of the National Photo Company, including an estimated 80,000 images (photographic prints and corresponding glass negatives), were acquired by the Library from its proprietor Herbert E. French in 1947. Available online are the glass negatives and a selection of about 1,900 photographic prints for which copy negatives exist. The scanned photographic prints represent a small cross-section of the entire corpus of photographic prints, which include individual prints grouped in LOTs, and prints presented in chronological albums covering events of the period 1919 to 1930 and thematic groups of photographs on the four presidents, inaugurations, sports, landmarks, conventions, and topics of local interest.

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