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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 1616.30
Title District of Columbia Garbage Disposal Plant, K Street and New Jersey Avenue SE.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: District of Columbia Garbage Disposal Plant, K Street and New Jersey Avenue SE. September 4, 1950.
Date 1950/09/04
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 Government buildings
Garbage collecting
Garbage disposal plants
Search Terms District of Columbia Garbage Disposal Plant
Quadrant SE
Street Number 0
Street Name K Street
Street Name (Cross Street) New Jersey Avenue
Custom Field 16 900
Early date 1950
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Paper
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original