... gin in that oilcan? Ask the bear.
December 1925. "Washington, D.C. -- Western Electric Co. group." There are enough little dramas ... Telephone and Telegraph. I suppose that this office in Washington was one of their distribution points. At any rate one interesting ...
District of Columbia circa 1921. The Washington Evening Star building at 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue. National Photo ... before. The Hotel Harrington is still there too.
Washington Star This picture is stirring a few memories.
My father ... on strike with a few other coworkers. He was hired by the Washington Post when Star declared bankruptcy. I went to his workplace a few ...
... Johnston (1864-1952). View full size.
Booker T. Washington, founder.
Book on Booker Been reading a book about Booker T Washington and Teddy Roosevelt. Very interesting read on their relationship ...
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Iowa City I'm not sure, but this may be East Washington Street again, facing the opposite direction from the earlier photo ... City geography and landmarks tomorrow.)
300 block of Washington St. occnumber10:
You could be right. My mental map of Iowa ...
... Georgia, circa 1944. "Spring house, Hill Plantation. Washington vicinity." 8x10 inch safety negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston ... on springs in the NY Times about a month ago.
Not Washington. Sorry but that tree on the left is a long leaf pine tree and ...
"Washington Monument as it stood for 25 years," 1860. Glass-plate (wet ... I'd love to read more about it.
Some links on the Washington Monument I used to work as a researcher in the 1980s on some of ... the Internet, I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_monument
Wikipedia has a good solid reference, including some ...
... did not get rid of seams, really. It was a style.
Washington Street? My guess is that we're looking east down Washington Street. You can make out the name "Washington Shirt Co." on the building on the left. If you are heading east down ...
Union Station in Washington, D.C., circa 1925, with a baseball game next door. National Photo ... Collection glass negative. View full size.
Only in Washington That's the first baseball field I've ever seen where the ...
"Filling station, 17th & L." The Washington Accessories Co. service station under construction at 1703 L Street ... Matthew the Apostle, the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Washington.
Another Beresford Project Washington Post Oct 9, 1921 ...
... Spring 1942. "Girl having her tire changed in Southeast Washington." Photograph by Marjory Collins, Farm Security Administration. ... could have changed the tire herself.
Re: Southeast Washington I wish I could figure out where in southeastern Washington, where ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co., exterior, 3261 Water Street." The Washington Flour mill on K Street, formerly Water Street, in Georgetown. The Washington Flour brand had a retail presence at least into the late 1960s. ...
... what is now called the Northeast Corridor line between Washington and Boston. Today the line is electrified for the entire distance, ... Virginia Ave SE I think this is on Virginia Ave SE in Washington, with the Capitol Power Plant in the background, prior to the ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Convention Hall bowling alleys, Fifth and K ... a great photo, Dave.
Pin-Spiller Paradise
Washington Post, Aug 9, 1925
Huge Alleys Will Open in Fall
... will furnish the illumination at night. ...
Washington Post, Aug 16, 1925
B.Y.P.U. Signs For New Alleys
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Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "P.K. Chaconas Co. Market." Pictured: Proprietor ... This is a kind and happy man.
Oldest Greek Market Washington Post Jul 2, 1922
P.K. Chaconas & Co., Inc.
... back. The latter is accredited for having originated in Washington the store on wheels, more familiarly known as the huckster wagon.
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Washington, D.C., or vicinity, 1906. "Boys school baseball '06." Harris & ... on to new info about an area.
[There were several Washington-area schools that went by the name -- one was the Washington School for Boys on Wisconsin Avenue (the photo above), a boarding ...
December 1935. "Washington Terrace, Model House Co. Hamilton County, Ohio." Photo by Carl ... the far end of the photo. Wonder who was monumentalized. Washington?
Half still there It looks like one side of the street was ... Cincinnati area.
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Washington Terrace Neighborhood I looked at the Insurance Maps of ...
... of Yuletude: "Dickey Christmas tree, 1923." The family of Washington, D.C., lawyer Raymond Dickey, whose off-kilter portraits (and ... floors when its very obvious that this middle-class Washington family clearly had no such worry.
Also, is anyone able to ...
Washington, D.C., 1923. "City houses." One in a series of Harris & Ewing ... [I'd say a hot water heater. -tterrace]
Meanwhle, in Washington DC... Party Time!
Did Abe see it? Except for the later ... when President Abraham Lincoln walked the streets of Washington City. Even the cart may be that old.
(The Gallery, D.C., Harris ...
Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1917. "Military training. Loading big gun." ... Is that picture from Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, in Washington State? The fort (now a state park) has two such guns, brought over ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of Eighth Street N.W., east side, looking ...
Shenanigans at the Hoy From the June 19, 1901, Washington Times, p2.
That is me! I am sooooooo going to get ... A review of the play as it appeared in the Washington Post (the day after President McKinley's casket arrived by train ...
... and Convent Avenue. The school was built in 1913 in Washington Heights, an exclusively white, upper middle-class neighborhood. It ... of Manhattan on 144th off Convent. I had moved to upper Washington Heights by then but my doctor was still working out of there.
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... had tangential connections to General Lafayette, George Washington and Edgar Allan Poe.
April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. "The Old Stone House -- so-called 'Washington's headquarters,' 1916 East Main Street." Wet plate glass negative. ...
... parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, August 8, 1925." From the Washington Post's report: "Phantom-like hosts of the Ku Klux Klan spread their ...
So many white sheets Looks like the laundries in Washington did a good business for a few days.
Special Attention to Ladies ...
October 15, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Dorothy Mondell, Elizabeth Taylor Jones." National Photo ... .
The shoes Are beautiful too!
Best-Dressed Washington Girl Dorothy Mondell: "often spoken of as the best-dressed Washington girl."
Washington Post, Jul 26, 1927.
Mrs. ...
August 28, 1937. Washington, D.C. "Washington Redskins start training. He-man exercise took the place of calisthenics today as the Redskins, Washington's entry in National Professional Football League, started training. ...
Washington, D.C., August 1918. "Angelus siren on roof of Evans building." Every ... interpreted differently a hundred years ago.
Washington Post, Jun 16, 1918
Angelus Begins in D.C. June 23
... Arranged.
Arrangements for a complete observance of Washington's angelus, beginning June 23, in the various government offices have ...
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June 30, 1922. "Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit ...
My only question is... Where are the beaches in Washington, DC?!?!
[Along the Potomac or Anacostia rivers. This is ...