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Call Number/Catalog Number WY 2512.39
Title Row houses on 41st Street south of Ellicott Street NW.
Additional identifier SP 0052
Collection John P. Wymer photograph collection
Creator (Artist/Photographer/Author) Wymer, John P.
Description John P. Wymer's description: Negro dwellings, 41st Street south of Ellicott Street 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 Row houses
Quadrant NW
Street Number 0
Street Name Forty-first Street
Street Name (Cross Street) Fessenden Street
Early date 1949
Object Name Print, Photographic
Medium Photographic Emulsion
Print size 3.0" x 4.5"
Orig/copy Original