Fifteenth and F: 1865

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 12:27pm.

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April 1865. "Washington, District of Columbia. Sanitary Commission storehouse and adjoining houses at 15th and F Streets N.W." Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.

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Windows 65

Submitted by Doug on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 8:56pm.

I got curious and just for fun used PaintShop Pro to lighten the various window openings in the photo just to see if I could see anything inside the building. In the lower window next to the door there appears to be a man sitting there, wearing cap, head down as if he's working at a desk:

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Might just be shadows but these windows in time on Shorpy do fire the imagination.

Cellar doors

Submitted by tterrace on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 5:41pm.

Why are four of the cellar doors open? Would that have been typical on a work day, or was it for a particular reason this day - like for a delivery, coal perhaps?

Thanks for pointing out the blocks and gangplanks - one of those everyday things of the past you never stop to think about today.

And to your right...

Submitted by Anna E Cabal on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 3:07pm.

Note the Treasury Department in the far right of the frame.

Curb Service

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 2:03pm.

Note the stone blocks and gangplanks at the curb for stepping into and out of a carriage.

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