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- A proliferation ...
- Coal and Gravel Delivery
- RE: Two ears, etc.
- A little quieter these days
- 1100 2nd Street SW
- Shedshrinkflation
- The Long Shed ...
- Trestle
- Pass to the right
- Who's on Second?
- 2nd story story
- Did they get to eat it?
- Two ears, etc.
- I Miss The Smell
- What is that?
- Sauced
- Whose?
- Mrs. Landis
- The location today
- Not the marrying kind
- No kisses in Lititz
- That plate at the near end of the table --
- Poor kid
- Freedom from Want
- Did Mrs. Landis
- Wait. a. minute. here --
- Mrs. Landis
- Shades of Belushi
- Cranberry ... the condiment and the color
- The old man
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Postal Castle: 1908
"Post Office Department, Washington," circa 1908. The Old Post Office building seen from the corner of 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. on a rainy day. George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. View full size.
Surface
What is the surface of Pennsylvania Avenue at this point? It looks like wet asphalt, but I don't think it was asphalt until the late 20th century. I don't see any coblestones, however. Is that just dirt?
[Late 20th century? Asphalt paving of Washington's streets began well over a century earlier, in the 1870s. - Dave]
Designed by...
Willoughby J. Edbrooke, who was also architect of the Main Building "Golden Dome" at Notre Dame. You have to love that name. It's super-Victorian.
Beautiful Building
You can tell this is an old photograph. Analog clock!
Roman Numerals
If I am getting my Roman numerals right, the year of construction was 1847. Not much traffic even for a rainy day at noon.
[MDCCCXCVII is 1897. - Dave]
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