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White Line: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 3:13am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Continental White Line bus." Who can pinpoint the location here? National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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I'm so lucky!
Submitted by Kendall Clark on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 9:42pm.
How lucky am I? My software business is located directly across the alley from this building. Blagden Alley rocks; we love being there amongst the history, trying to build something new.
Re: That Hat
Submitted by Emma M. on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 1:01pm.
By day: dutiful civic transport. By night: wanton destroyer of ladies' millinery.
Gorgeous!
Submitted by David Bain on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 8:26am.
I'm not usually very interested in vehicles of that age but that's got to be one of the most beautiful bus bodies I've ever seen. The designer was obviously someone who saw coachbuilding as an art rather than a job; just look at the sweep of the roof line - there's not a straight section in it.
You Da' Man, Cranch!
Submitted by GeezerNYC on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 1:39pm.
This is the sort of thing that makes Shorpy the best website ever.
Psssssst
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 12:59pm.
I don't think I'd have a lot of faith in that right front tire. It looks like a bad "re-capping" job is about to delaminate - blowout!
"Auto Repair Inc."
Submitted by Cranch on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 11:20am.
Another view of the old garage in Blagden Alley. Note the ghost lettering on the beam across the garage door. Google Maps goofed on the street name's spelling!
Little has changed
Submitted by Kelly on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:43am.
Between the photo and the Google pic. Can even see where the drain cover in the foreground was -- the dark circle on the left in the Street View.
[Wouldn't it be funny if that hat was still there. - Dave]
That hat
Submitted by Buster95 on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:36am.
Is that a smashed hat in the foreground? Very nice omnibus.
Atkinson Garage
Submitted by Dale_Neiburg on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 8:08am.
According to an ad in the Washington Post (May 7, 1922), Atkinson Garage was in "Blagdon's Court" between 9th and 10th, M and N Streets NW.
[That didn't take long! Now called Blagden Alley. - Dave]
Air!
Submitted by Reluctant Tourist on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 8:03am.
It doesn't appear that there was a great deal of ventilation for this omnibus. In a time before antiperspirants and in wool clothing, no ventilation would be a bad thing. I can just imagine some of the tours were rather ripe.
It could smell like the Lancaster County Farmer's Market on a rainy Friday in July after the Amish have been picking corn all week. The kind of smell that's nearly visible.
[The four-section windshield is hinged and opens for ventilation. Deodorants, which go back to the 19th century, were well established by the 1920s. - Dave]
Location
Submitted by Rip on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 7:39am.
I think it's right in front of the Atkinson Garage Company.
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