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Washington, D.C., 1937. "Washington Gas Light Co., 10th Street N.W." Current tenant: The FBI. 8x10 acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.
The Washington Gas Light Co. remains the utility's name today.
That's a great photo. Well exposed, wide tonal range and tons of detail. The clouds make it pop.
B&W is still hard to beat.
Gas-powered absorption refrigerators are still used in RVs and remote homes off the electrical grid.
Every spring I help open a friend's cabin the north woods, and "did you light the refrigerator?" always makes me laugh.
At the top of my first hot rod wish list was a 1937 Ford coupe. That was in '53 and I still haven't found one.
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