Theodor Horydczak was a prominent Washington commercial photographer from the early 1920s until his retirement in 1959. Very little is known about Horydczak. It is believed that Horydczak was born in Eastern Europe and that he took up photography during or after World War I. He may have been assigned to the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Horydczak worked freelance and usually shot his images with a large-format camera, the Gold Ansco. Horydczak favored the 8 x 10-inch negative format and captured many views of the city’s landmarks. His night photography of familiar public buildings was particularly striking. Horydcak’s White House subjects focus mainly on the architecture of the house, but there were a number of shots that are photojournalistic in character. His collection resides in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs collection and can be seen on line. http://memory.loc.gov/