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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 2549.39
Title General view down 42nd Street NW between Warren and Yuma Streets NW.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: Forty Second Street NW between Warren and Yuma Streets 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 Dwellings
General views
Automobiles
Street furnishings
Telephone posts
Quadrant NW
Street Number 0
Street Name Warren Street
Early date 1949
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Emulsion
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original