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- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
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- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
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- C&NW at Nelson
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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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