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Early Raleigh: 1908

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 4:51pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "The Raleigh." What was originally the Shepherd Centennial Building, at the corner of 12th Street N.W. and Pennsylvania Avenue, now serving as a hotel, along with a newer and much larger annex just to the north. In 1911 the Shepherd building would be razed and replaced with an expansion of the annex, resulting in the megahotel that survived until 1964. (Next door: the studio of M. Kets Kemethy, Photographer.) View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "The Raleigh." What was originally the Shepherd Centennial Building, at the corner of 12th Street N.W. and Pennsylvania Avenue, now serving as a hotel, along with a newer and much larger annex just to the north. In 1911 the Shepherd building would be razed and replaced with an expansion of the annex, resulting in the megahotel that survived until 1964. (Next door: the studio of M. Kets Kemethy, Photographer.) View full size.

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Submitted by alexinv on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 7:28pm.

for having such well polished boots. It does look like that he's about to drop his paper bundle though, perhaps distracted by the photographer. It won't be too long until stopping in the middle of the street to light a cigar would probably have fatal consequences for the gentleman on the right.

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The car in the street.

Submitted by nzcarnerd on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 6:40pm.

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