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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 1574.30
Title Row houses on the south side of the 400 block of East Capitol 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: Corner of East Capitol and 4th Streets SE. August 27, 1950.
Date 1950/08/27
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 Automobiles
Row houses
Street furnishings
Lampposts
Pedestrians
Telephone call boxes
Quadrant SE
Street Number 400
Street Name East Capitol Street
Street Name (Cross Street) Fourth Street
Square 0817
Early date 1950
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Paper
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original