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Contains 275 Results:

Streets - 12th, SW, 1913

 Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...
Dates: 1913

Southeast corner Maryland Avenue and 12th Street SW. Robert Brent, first mayor of Washington, serving from 1802 to 1812, lived and died in this house, 1913-02

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 508.0
Abstract

View of a three-story corner building at the southeast corner of Maryland Avenue and 12th Street SW, which houses a grocer on the ground floor and apartments above. Writing on the postcard indicates that Washington, D.C. mayor Robert Brent lived in the building.

Dates: 1913-02

Streets - 13th, NW, 1930

 Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...
Dates: 1930

13th Street north from G Street, Washington, D.C., 1930-05-25

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 1641.0
Abstract

View of the commercial businesses on the east side of the 700 block of 13th Street NW looking north from G Street. Numerous automobiles are parked along the sidewalk.

Dates: 1930-05-25

13th Street north from G Street, Washington, D.C., 1930-05-25

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 1730.0
Abstract

View of the commercial businesses on the west side of the 700 block of 13th Street northwest looking north from G Street. Numerous automobiles parked along sidewalk. A clock on one of the businesses shows that the photograph was taken at 11:10 a.m.

Dates: 1930-05-25