Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1913-02-02
Scope and Contents
The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his postcard images, which are used as the item titles.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-02-02
Creator
- From the Collection: Ross, Willard R., 1860-1948 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The external hard drive DIG_00001 is for internal use only and contains backups of the digital collection. Access to the diital collection is available through Dig DC.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.75 Linear feet
From the Collection: 1 Boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
View of the Pennsylvania Avenue NW elevation of the Metropolitan Hotel with partial view of attached commercial buildings to the east and west. A portion of the National Hotel on the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street NW is also visible. Multiple automobiles, tourist buses, and streetcars are passing the hotel.
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5: gelatin silver contact print
General
Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross; dcpl_p031-hsw_025, another print from this negative notes that the site previously was Brown's Hotel, where Lajos Kossuth once stayed
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository