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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 2528.39
Title View northwest over the Sears Department Store; Wisconsin Avenue and Albemarle Street NW.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: Sears Department Store, Wisconsin Avenue and Albemarle Street NW. November 20, 1949.
Date 1949/11/20
Provenance From the John P. Wymer Collection, about 4000 images of Washington, D.C. taken from 1948 to 1952. Wymer divided the District into 57 areas and photographed sample blocks, including important buildings. The prints are kept in albums and captioned with location and dates. The finding aid is a map of Washington divided into Wymer's designated areas.
Classification Commercial buildings
Stores & shops
Department stores
Automobiles
Street furnishings
Traffic signs & signals
Christmas trees
Search Terms Sears Roebuck and Company, store
Quadrant NW
Street Number 0
Street Name Wisconsin Avenue
Street Name (Cross Street) Albemarle Street
Early date 1949
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Emulsion
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original