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Center Market: 1890

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 1:26pm.
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Wagons at the Center Market, Washington, D.C., circa 1890. View full size.

Wagons at the Center Market, Washington, D.C., circa 1890. View full size.

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Re: In the Dark

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 1:41pm.

Telephone invented: 1876
First electric street lights (carbon arc lamps): 1870s.
And of course telegraph wires on poles go back to the 1840s.

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Susquehanna Hat Company

Submitted by Steve B. on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 12:53pm.

Try:

http://www.susquehannahats.com/

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When you're in the dark and you want to see..

Submitted by Frank3 on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 10:52am.

I noticed in the upper right corner a streetlight and a telephone (?) pole with wires hanging from it. I never associate electric streetlights with anything pre-1900. Are there any pictures of a nighttime street scene with street lights? Or would cameras of the time have needed more light to get an exposure?

"How do I get to the Susquehanna Hat Company?"

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