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Blagden Alley: 1923
"City rowhouses, 1923." A jumble of humble abodes. The latest installment in our ... angle on the alley last seen here . Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size. UPDATE: Shorpy member Mark H. has ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:07pm -

"City rowhouses, 1923." A jumble of humble abodes. The latest installment in our survey of backstreet Washington, D.C., this glass plate is another angle on the alley last seen here. Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size. UPDATE: Shorpy member Mark H. has identified the location as Blagden Alley. The view is looking north toward the Henrietta Apartments on N Street; somewhere at left is the recent home of Back Alley Waffles. Blagden AlleyThis looks a lot like the west side of Blagden Alley, looking north. [Indeed it is! Excellent detective work. The tall light-brick building is the Henrietta Apartments on N Street NW. - Dave] Blagden AlleyThe evolution of the Alley (with maps) here. We love our alleys!These particular alleys are important historically and much has been put into preserving, recording, and now appreciating these wonderful places. See this article. Alley waysActually there were plenty of alleys left when I was kid. You could pretty much go from one end of town to the other just using alleys. Some were pretty nice and some were horrible. There were times when I didn't see the regular streets for long periods of time. No matter it was two separate worlds to a kid. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Capital Steps: 1923
"City rowhouses, 1923." Another glimpse of back-alley Washington, D.C. Added bonus: a nice turnbuckle star. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Can it be? Hey! I've been ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/07/2013 - 5:13pm -

"City rowhouses, 1923." Another glimpse of back-alley Washington, D.C. Added bonus: a nice turnbuckle star. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Can it be?Hey! I've been watching for the longest time for some milk on a windowsill. Is that a can of same hanging from above? Railroad Apartments?Even for railroad apartments, those look narrow--unless there were two stoops per apartment. NarrowCounting bricks, I estimate a width of 12 feet, 14 tops. One front door per unit. Single-loaded corridor. Yeah, but . . .Every other door probably leads to a staircase to the second floor. Each ground-floor flat (as they would be called in my home town, San Francisco, since they have private entrances from the street), probably has a front hallway that leads past the cutout for the neighbor's staircase into an apartment that is twice as wide as it seems from the street. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Washday Alley: 1923
"City rowhouses." Another entry in this series of Harris & Ewing views of back-alley Washington from 1923. 4x5 inch glass negative. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/17/2015 - 2:08pm -

"City rowhouses." Another entry in this series of Harris & Ewing views of back-alley Washington from 1923. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size. Possible ScenarioI think the two figures on the steps are playing kazoos or harmonicas and the two children are dancing. Neatness CountsThere doesn't appear to be any bicycle parts, old washtubs , newspapers, used tires or other debris in this yard. Even the wash is hung behind an enclosed wall. Just leave me aloneThe body language of the man on the left side is indicating he is not in the mood for any friendly chit-chat and is completely turned away from the activity on the stoop where the kids are having fun. However, the adult on the right side stoop is ready to initiate a conversation at the very first sign of getting his neighbor's attention. The joyful, exuberant little boys are really cute and rarin' to go, laughing all the way. I'd rather be a kid. Today's CondosIf these buildings were around today, of course they would have been visited by This Old House for a re-make into high end condos for the D.C. drones... Joyful children!The happiness in the two little boys is both obvious, and adorable! I wish I could be there and watch them, and hear them giggle! I wonder if the laundry hanging on the line was the personal laundry of the mother of one of the boys, or maybe some that she took in, to bring in a little money. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
House Sitter: 1923
... of Blagden Alley. Details in the comments here . "City rowhouses, 1923." Another view of back-alley Washington, D.C., and its long-forgotten habitues. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Can't make it out I wish ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:18pm -

Update: This is the west side of Blagden Alley. Details in the comments here. "City rowhouses, 1923." Another view of back-alley Washington, D.C., and its long-forgotten habitues. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Can't make it outI wish I could make out what he is doing or repairing. It looks as if he might have a crochet hook in one hand. But Clean!These DC alley shots are intended to convey poverty and perhaps despair, yet one is struck by how tidy these precincts are -- no piles of detritus, broken windows, or abandoned cars. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Ice Shack Alley: 1923
"City rowhouses, 1923." The latest stop on our back-alley tour of Washington, D.C., in a neighborhood convenient to ice. Harris & Ewing negative. View full size. Plot Elements A lady with a stick, a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:05pm -

"City rowhouses, 1923." The latest stop on our back-alley tour of Washington, D.C., in a neighborhood convenient to ice. Harris & Ewing negative. View full size. Plot ElementsA lady with a stick, a man at middle distance, and that ice sign -- what might Berthold Brecht do with those? Uh Oh! She sees meOh, I see a plot all right; it looks like the gent in the photo (holding a liquor bottle, perhaps), has been spotted by his angry spouse (hence the stick), and is trying to decide whether to tough it out or cut and run. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
DeSales Alley: 1923
Washington, D.C. "City rowhouses, 1923." A coal wagon in DeSales Alley. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. See- Ya mount the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:17pm -

Washington, D.C. "City rowhouses, 1923." A coal wagon in DeSales Alley. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. See-Ya mount the screen door upside down and the screen gets torn out. More serious, the building to the right must be a stable with the block beam over a second story door. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
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