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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Vintage photos of:
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Lee Tire Sales Co., exterior." A clutch of transport-related businesses on 14th Street N.W. National Photo Company. View full size.
This typical row of storefronts was previously featured in the background of a 1932 accident scene: http://www.shorpy.com/node/4480
The store (1600) was at the corner of 14th and Q.
I think I saw that little girl and her twin sister in a recent horror film about a haunted house. Whenever they appeared there was childrens laughter in the backround and the bone-chilling nursery rhyme music associated with poltergeists. Now I'm scared.
Free air, and also bicycles for the taking. Only one of those things remains today.
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