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Title
Horydczak photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Theodor Horydczak photograph collection
Type
Still Image
Collection
Contribution
Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971 (photographer)
Subject
Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971--Family.
Business districts--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCSH)
Business enterprises--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Economic and industrial aspects--Washington Region
Architecture--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Bridges--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
City & town life--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Dwellings--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Eating & drinking facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Educational facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Financial facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Galleries & museums--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Government facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Health care facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Historic buildings--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Historic sites--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Hotels & taverns--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Industrial facilities--Canada--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Industrial facilities--Iowa--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Industrial facilities--Pennsylvania--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Industrial facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Libraries--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Military life--United States--1910-1920 (LCTGM)
Miners' strikes--West Virginia--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Monuments & memorials--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Office buildings--Washington Region--1910-1920 (LCTGM)
Organizations' facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Parks--Canada--1910-1920 (LCTGM)
Parks--Washington Region--1910-1920 (LCTGM)
Public utility companies--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Religious facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Streets--Washington Region--1910-1920 (LCTGM)
Transportation facilities--Washington Region--1910-1960 (LCTGM)
Washington (D.C.)--1910-1960
Washington Region--1910-1960
Cityscape photographs--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Landscape photographs--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Portrait photographs--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Acetate negatives--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Nitrate negatives--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Glass negatives--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Film transparencies--Color--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Glass transparencies--Color--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Screen color glass transparencies--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Slides--Color--1910-1960 (GMGPC)
Genre Form
graphic
Language
English (eng)
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: Guide Record (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
still image (sti)
Summary
Images documenting the architecture and social life of Washington, D.C., primarily from ca. 1920 to ca. 1950. Exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential, and government buildings, including the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. Other subjects include Georgetown, the southwest waterfront, the C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) Canal, Potomac River bridges, the National Cathedral and other religious buildings, educational and training institutions, organizations' buildings, hotels and restaurants, embassies, museums and libraries, outdoor sculptures, and monuments. Additional subjects include street scenes and neighborhoods; developments in transportation and aviation; Washington events, including the Bonus Army encampment and the 1933 World Series; World War II preparedness; and documentation of both the use and the promotion of the use of electrical power, with special attention given to public utility companies. Structures and activities in Maryland and Virginia are recorded. Various industrial facilities in Iowa and Pennsylvania are documented. A small group of images from West Virginia includes images of striking miners, landscapes, and views of Charleston. Also included are pictures of Horydczak's family. A series of images documents Horydczak's life in the military before 1920. Another group of images records a trip made to Canada by the Horydczaks. Included are parks, industrial facilities and activities, and views of cities and towns
Authorized Access Point
Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971 Horydczak photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Collection Arrangement
Collection Organization: Organized into three series (negatives, transparencies, and prints) with many subseries
Pattern: Negatives, glass plates and transparencies arranged in ten subseries: LC-H8 (ca. 940 8x10 or smaller color film transparencies, color glass transparencies or color slides); LC-H812 (ca. 450 5x7 b&w safety film negatives); LC-H813 (ca. 765 4x5 b&w safety film negatives); LC-H814 (ca. 7,975 8x10 b&w safety film negatives); LC-H822 (ca. 575 5x7 b&w nitrate film negatives); LC-H823 (ca. 1,010 4x5 b&w nitrate film negatives); LC-H824 (ca. 2,350 8x10 b&w film nitrate negatives); LC-H832 (ca. 135 5x7 b&w glass negatives); LC-H833 (ca. 40 4x5 b&w glass negatives); LC-H834 (ca. 90 8x10 b&w glass negatives). Arranged within each series by job number. Photographic prints are arranged by subject in LOTs (LOTS 12090-12119, 12672)
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Date: 1994-11-15
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Date: 2024-08-09T14:25:30.745746-04:00
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References
Washingtoniana : photographs : collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress / Kathleen Collins. W
Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980
related work
Washington as it was, photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959