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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 1520.30
Title Buildings on the east side of the 400 block of 8th Street 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 Fire Department, Truck Company G, Eighth Street SE near Pennsylvania Avenue. June 3, 1951.
Date 1951/06/03
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
Street furnishings
Street-railroad tracks
Fire hydrants
Fire stations
Furniture stores
Firemen
Search Terms District of Columbia Fire Department station--Truck Company G
Miller Furniture Store
Quadrant SE
Street Number 400
Street Name Eighth Street
Square 0902
Early date 1951
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Paper
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original