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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 2540.39
Title Houses on Chesapeake Street NW west of 42nd Street. General view.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: Chesapeake Street NW west of 42nd Street. July 8, 1950.
Date 1950/07/08
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 General views
Dwellings
Automobiles
Quadrant NW
Street Number 4200
Street Name Chesapeake Street
Early date 1950
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Emulsion
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original