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Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "Switch yards, Union Station." Tracks last seen here in April, back for another glimpse of the well-ordered world a century past. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The tonality here is excellent.
I'm always amazed at the seemingly dead-on exposures on these old large format photographs.
I always love the pictures on Shorpy, but this is the first one I've actually downloaded to save.
I just love this view and what a great way to start the day. Wow.
The odd thing was though, upon opening the small view, the first
thing I wondered was what does it say? Odd how the mind works.
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