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- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
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The Watchers: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Selinger front, 820 F Street." Onlookers at the wristwatch display seen in the previous post. National Photo Co. View full size.
And across the street
the bank is now a Gordon Biersch. Food is meh, but very cool space inside.
Fashions of the day
While men's clothing didn't really change too much during the decades between the World Wars, ladies' clothing and hemlines sure did! The woman on the far right looks ready to bust up a speakeasy or two with a hatchet -- or just by an icy stare. I'll bet she wouldn't consent to being photographed in bed wearing something lacy, as did the Brox sisters. Or, at least we wouldn't WANT her to.
Check out the street urchins
Right out of a Dickens novel. Barefoot, raggedy clothes.
Casing the onlookers looking for an easy mark.
I always feel like
Somebody's watching me. Dang that is a big eyeball.
Trend-setters
Having been swept up in the bowler-to-boater groundswell, a group of style-conscious men-about-town check out the latest fashion craze.
Wildly entertaining windows
Can't imagine a store window getting that kind of attention nowadays. Of course everyone is dressed to the nines complete with a suit, tie, and the obligatory boater.
And then the lady under the clock said
"You there -- you people in the year two-thousand-and-ten -- have you nothing better to do?"
The hands of time
By now the clock has stopped for everyone here. And it's ticking away for us.
Cheeks of Tan
What were those 2 barefoot boys doing in the midst of all those well dressed people on F Street?
Get Smart
Looks like this is now the International Spy Museum.
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