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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 1627.31
Title Buildings on the south side of the 500 block of B Street NE.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: B Street NE west of 6th Street. August 21, 1949.
Date 1949/08/21
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 Row houses
Commercial buildings
Stores & shops
Cleaning establishments
Quadrant NE
Street Number 500
Street Name B Street
Street Name (Cross Street) Sixth Street
Square 0839/0840 (?)
Custom Field 16 100
Early date 1949
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Paper
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original