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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Union Station." In the distance, a glimpse of a long-vanished Capitol Hill landmark, the Washington Brewery smokestack advertising SPARKLING ALE. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
That building on the right is one of several temporary dormitories built for women workers during WWI. It's a parking lot for Hill staff today.
Here's a view of them from a different angle (looking south toward the Capitol).
All roads appear to be omnidirectional -- drive any way your heart desires. Yes?
The one in the foreground of this photo isn't the same one seen in this Shorpy Post: https://www.shorpy.com/node/5388#comment-52768
The other one (which is featured in the video posted in the comments) is just visible behind the trolley in the background.
What is that build on the lower right where the Dubliner now lives?
Appears to be a 1915 Dodge Brothers Roadster with a "Rex" winter top.
The trolley switch tower was identified in this earlier Shorpy post.
What is this model? It is quite a nice looking auromobile:
The brewery was doomed by this time and would be out of business within two years. Perhaps Shorpy saw this recent post about the brewery's beer garden. (Thanks!)
It does not seem accessible, nor well-placed for directing traffic.
The vista of Union Station is one I've never seen before. Very interesting.
...it would have looked something like this. Union Station is befitting the national capital of an important country.
The exterior looks much the same nearly a century later. The interior has been tastefully rescued from the destruction of the National Visitors Center project of the 1970's.
In my running days, I brought some commuter jobs in here as well as a freight turn, which delivered lots of paper to the nearby government printing plant.
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