Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
- Catenary Supports
- Just a Little Before I was Born
- Afternoon normal
- The Flat Iron Cafe survives
- Aging in Place
- Raise your hand
- Good and Bad
- Oh, the 70's
- Nooooooi
- The aluminum tubing
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
I'm a Wreck: 1923
"Auto Wreck, 1923." Another Washington, D.C., vehicular mishap, this time at the Library of Congress. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Spandy-new Chevy
That old japanned enamel didn't stay that fresh looking for long, that car was showroom new less than a year before and it was probably totaled. It looks like it was T-boned on the passenger side, even if the kid in the passenger seat is holding the door open a bit the door pillar behind him is seriously out of line which means involved carpentry work to repair it, that body is all oak, ash and maple with a thin sheath of sheet metal.
It's the Library of Congress
It's perhaps the most elegant public building in Washington -- the original building of the Library of Congress, now known as the Jefferson Building. The photo shows the east side of the building, when viewed from the south, which means that the accident took place at the corner of Independence, Pennsylvania, and 2nd Street NE.
[Indeed it is! You'd think I would know that, seeing as how it is the mother of all things Shorpy. Thank you. Photo below shows the west front. - Dave]
Archives?
That building looks very familiar but I can't just place it. Is it what is now the National Archives? I haven't been to DC in some time.
[It's similar in style to the wings of the Capitol. But not an exact match as far as I can tell. I've looked at about 3,000 photos of Washington buildings today (including the Old Post Office, National Archives and Treasury Building, among the guesses below) but no luck so far. - Dave]
Treasury Building?
I believe it's the Treasury Building
Old Post Office?
Thinking maybe that is the SW corner of the old post office - now the postal museum - if it is...then the corner depicted now houses the Capital Grill and is adjacent to Union Station of earlier Shorpy fame.
Goober Pea
National Archives?
It looks a lot like the National Archives...
Not Sure About the Building
But I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the car is a Chevy.
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.
On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5