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Red light resorts on Ohio Avenue near 14th St. and young messenger who was showing me around. (See label #2940). Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia].
[Free Public Library, Worcester, Massachusetts.]
Brick building exterior building. A lamp post with a fire escape on the side of it
A black and white photo of a street sign, possibly related to: Houses close to Capitol, Washington, D.C. Washington has many such houses but few government workers would care to live in them
Western Union Telegraph Company (NYPL b11707683-G90F075 006F)
48 & 50 King Street (Houses), New York, New York County, NY
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Artillery, Washington, D.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Navy Yard gun factory, Washington, D.C. Gun forging I
Backyard, Washington, D.C.. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.
Artillery on grounds of Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.
Carver Barracks, Washington, D.C., Landscape view print
Junkyard. Washington, D.C. - safety film negatives, Library of Congress
Shot of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C
Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrury.
Gun Barrel Fence, Washington, D.C.
Summary
2803 & 2805 P Street in Georgetown - The Gun Barrel Fence. The 364 gun barrels were aquired from the Washington Navy Yard following its burning in 1814 by the British Army.
In 1944 the D.C. Public Library purchased over 1800 lanternslides and glass plate negatives from E.B. Thompson for $1,000. Mr. Thompson was a photographer who in 1904 opened a store that sold “steropticon supplies, cameras, lantern slides,” and other photographic equipment at 1343 F St., NW. His camera shop moved numerous times in forty years, ending up finally at 1744 Columbia Road, N.W. In 1944, his business letterhead advertised his store as selling “Sound and Silent Motion Pictures and Slides”.He offered to sell his collection of images of Washington, DC to the DC Public Library as he prepared to retire from full time work after a long illness in 1944. Starting in 1946 the DC Public Library contracted with the Library of Congress to create 8x10 black and white prints on mounts from his collection of slides and negatives. The prints are now part of the Washington, DC Historical Image Collection in the Washingtoniana Division. The collection’s strengths are in its images of federal buildings, the Arlington National Cemetery, federal memorials, national parades, historic houses, and street scenes.
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