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Around the city · 183 photographs

Around the city

Street scenes, shops, vendors and houses from across Washington whose exact spot we could not pin down.

A streetcar in falling snow with a woman holding an umbrella beside the track — January 1923 A woman with an umbrella crosses in front of a streetcar in a snowstorm, early 1923.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-5313 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

History

Not every photograph comes with an address. The studios’ caption cards often say only “street scene” or name a business without its street, and many neighbourhoods have changed beyond recognition. The photographs gathered here are all from Washington, and are worth seeing for what they show of everyday life, even where we cannot place them on the map.

What's there now

If you recognise one of these places, the Library of Congress welcomes corrections on its catalogue records.

Then and now

These photographs show the ordinary fabric of the city: rowhouses, corner shops, alleys, delivery wagons and street vendors, much of which has been rebuilt since.

Photographs 183, oldest first

A seated shrouded bronze figure before a stone slab among evergreens — 1908 Augustus Saint-Gaudens's bronze \"Grief\", the Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery, 1908.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LOT 9072-G [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men shovelling snow beneath a decorated arch of garlands on a city street — 1909 Workmen shovel snow from the decorated Court of Honor after the blizzard that disrupted Taft's inauguration in 1909.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 661-10 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of soldiers and a horse-drawn caisson in a street outside a church — 1910 Troops and a caisson drawn up outside St. Patrick's Church for the funeral of Chilean ambassador Aníbal Cruz in 1910.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 18 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a funeral procession and crowds on a tree-lined street — 1911 The funeral procession of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley leaves St. John's Church, 1911, watched by crowds along the street.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 473 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Children in a stone fountain basin under a monument — 1912 Children wade and play in a park fountain on a summer day, 1912.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 1593 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long flag-decorated grandstand on a wet plaza, figures in raincoats in front — April 17, 1912 Spectators with umbrellas wait in the rain before the flag-hung stand at the dedication of the John Paul Jones Monument, April 17, 1912.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 1134 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A turreted stone building behind lawns and shrubs — c. 1905–20 The Soldiers' Home in northern Washington, with its Gothic main building and gardens, 1900s-1910s.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-36799 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of open motor cars with women and cloth banners on a tree-lined street — 1913 Motor cars decked with banners, the first marked "Officers", line up for a 1913 woman suffrage motor parade to the Capitol.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 822 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A brick church with a tall spire on a street corner — 1913 The Presbyterian church at 3rd and E Streets NW, 1913.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2270 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Workmen and horse-drawn wagons among the ruins of a wrecked brick building — 1913 Men and horse carts clear the wreckage of a building torn apart by the storm of 1913.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2908 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A black horse-drawn closed carriage with a coachman outside a columned doorway — 1913 Treasury Secretary McAdoo's closed carriage and coachman wait at a marble doorway in 1913.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3186 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women with banners and flags walking along a wet, reflecting street past buildings — March 3, 1913 Suffragists carrying banners march along a rain-soaked street on March 3, 1913, the day of the great suffrage procession.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12351-10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men standing in a flooded street strewn with branches in front of houses — July 30, 1913 Men survey fallen branches and flood water in a residential street after the storm of July 30, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12354-2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men standing in a heap of timber and bricks beside a ruined building — July 30, 1913 Men pick through the wreckage of a building at 7th and L Streets torn apart by the storm of July 30, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 563 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd on a sidewalk beside crumpled metal roofing lying in a wet street — July 30, 1913 Onlookers survey sheets of roofing torn off and flung into the street by the storm of July 30, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 563A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white putting up a large poster announcing a suffrage procession — 1914 Suffragists paste up posters for the "Votes for Women" procession from Lafayette Square to the Capitol, 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3457 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A riding ring with a grandstand and spectators — 1914 A horse show in 1914: riders and spectators on the show ground before a long grandstand.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3831 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman on a dark horse beside women in white holding a large lettered banner — 1914 Juliet Rublee sits on horseback among suffragists in white with a banner demanding passage of the Bristow-Mondell amendment, 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3887 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An open car completely covered in flowers in a street — May 1914 A motor car smothered in flowers in the suffrage parade of May 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3882 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman on a dark horse with suffrage banners behind — May 1914 A mounted marshal and banners in the suffrage parade of May 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3888 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn wagon with a big lettered banner on a street — May 1914 A wagon carrying a large suffrage banner in the parade of May 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3898 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A boy carrying a bundle of newspapers on a pavement — c. 1909–20 A newsboy with his papers on a city street.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12341-1 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large rhomboid First World War tank with men standing beside it — c. 1909–20 A First World War tank on show for the Liberty Loan, with men gathered round it.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 4600 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An overturned streetcar on its side surrounded by onlookers — c. 1909–20 Crowds gather round an overturned streetcar after a wreck in Eckington.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 4904 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of people, some with umbrellas, waiting outside a brick ice company building — c. 1909–20 A crowd with umbrellas waits outside the Home Ice Co., lining up for ice.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 5040 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Workers loading snow into a cart on a city street — c. 1909–20 Men shovel snow into a horse-drawn wagon after a snowstorm downtown.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12355-9 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An early open motor truck lettered with a company name before a garage marked Repairing — c. 1910–20 A C. M. Woolf & Co. truck for agricultural implements and seeds stands outside a repair garage.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10054 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women behind baskets and crates of vegetables under a shed — c. 1910–20 Women in white sell vegetables at a market stall during the First World War.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10135 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A busy market shed with sacks and crates of produce — c. 1910–20 Shoppers and stallholders at a Washington market, about 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10137 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Wagons pulled by horses along a snowy street of houses — c. 1910–20 A line of horse-drawn wagons on a snow-covered residential street.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10193 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A procession of women in white dresses on a city street — 1915 Women in white march in a suffrage parade, 1915.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44568A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman in a long coat and hat beside a lettered banner at a building's rounded doorway — c. 1910–20 A suffragist stands guard beside a lettered banner at the doorway of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 912 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in long coats and sashes holding American flags on a city sidewalk — c. 1910–20 Suffrage pickets in sashes stand with American flags and banners outside a row of townhouses.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 2224 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Well-dressed men and women leaving a church — 1915 Crowds leave St. Patrick's Church after the Pan American Thanksgiving mass, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 4630 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Poultry hanging under an awning above crates of vegetables, a man standing by — c. 1910–21 Turkeys and produce hang outside the Chaconas Company market, 1910s. place uncertainHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 47-B [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People walking on a snowy sidewalk beside a busy street with cars and a wagon — c. 1913–18 Pedestrians pick their way along a slushy downtown sidewalk after a snowfall, with motor cars and wagons in the street, sometime between 1913 and 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 12046 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn omnibus decorated with flags and a large pageant sign by a tree — c. 1915–16 A horse-drawn car hung with flags and placards advertises the suffragists' Susan B. Anthony Pageant at Convention Hall, around 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6125 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of runners and spectators filling a city street with tall buildings — c. 1909–23 Runners line up across a downtown street for a footrace, with crowds on the pavements and streetcar tracks underfoot.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44109 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Cameramen on a stand filming a fire with huge black smoke clouds, crowd watching — c. 1909–23 Newsreel cameramen on a platform film a blazing building as smoke billows over the crowd and firemen's hoses.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44182 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men boarding an open-platform streetcar numbered 333 on a sunny street — c. 1909–23 Passengers in caps and boaters climb aboard streetcar No. 333, its wire-mesh fender at the front.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44210 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of horsemen riding down a wide avenue lined with dense crowds — c. 1909–23 Seen from high above, mounted troops lead the Pershing parade down a broad avenue between solid walls of spectators in 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44232 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large white temporary arch decorated with flags across a city street, onlookers at right — c. 1909–23 A great white triumphal arch hung with flags and garlands spans the street for the Pershing parade.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44234 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn float carrying a wooden tower with a man on top — 1916 A Forest Service float with a fire lookout tower in the Preparedness Parade of 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2569 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in hats crowded into an open company truck marked Bell Telephone, men standing by — 1916 Telephone operators in winter hats are carried to work in a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. truck during the 1916 strike.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6055-A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A bronze equestrian statue on a granite pedestal among bare trees — 1916 Clark Mills's statue of Washington in Washington Circle, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6332 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn float with costumed figures passing a decorated stand — 1916 A colonial and Indian float in the Preparedness Parade, 1916, under flags and bunting.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2000155 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A group of women in hats and sashes holding a banner on stone steps — 1917 Pennsylvania suffragists who joined the White House pickets, 1917, with their sashes and banner.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3998 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women with sashes and striped banners lined up before a building, one holding a placard — 1917 Suffragists with tricolour banners leave their headquarters in 1917 carrying a placard: "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty."Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6795 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women with banners and umbrellas marching on a wet, reflective street — 1917 Suffragists with tricolour banners and umbrellas march along a rain-soaked street in 1917, their reflections shining on the wet pavement.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 7116 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in long coats beside banners for Minnesota suffrage groups at a curved doorway — 1917 Minnesota suffragists stand with lettered banners at the doorway of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage headquarters, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 7128 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Dense smoke pouring from the roof of a brick building with a company sign — 1917 Black smoke billows over the National Engraving Company building during a fire in 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8706 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a long parade down a tree-lined avenue with crowds and a park — 1917 The Confederate Reunion parade of 1917 stretches along a broad avenue lined with trees and crowds, seen from high above.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8880 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A column of marchers passing beneath white pillars and an arch on a shady avenue — 1917 Veterans march through the Court of Honor, its white columns and arches strung with flags, in the Confederate Reunion parade of 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8886 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in white shirts walking in a line across a field — 1917 Cabinet officials and government men at Walter Camp's exercise school, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9138 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers marching down a city street past parked cars — 1917 A unit from the American University training camp marches through the city, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9205 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man in a straw hat holding an American flag among men in top hats — 1917 President Wilson, in a straw boater and white trousers, carries a flag at the head of the 1917 draft parade.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9397 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A seated bronze statue on a pedestal among trees — 1917 The Longfellow statue at Connecticut Avenue and M Street, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9712 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of women in white marching under trees — 1917 Women of the Red Cross in white uniforms march in the Red Cross parade, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24696 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A decorated float with a Red Cross and lettering — 1917 A Red Cross float reading \"Only Hope\" in the 1917 parade.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24697 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People gathered at a decorated booth on a city street — 1917 A crowd round a Red Cross drive booth, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24749 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Uniformed women standing beside parked touring cars outside wooden army barracks — 1917 Women of the Red Cross Motor Corps in uniform beside their cars at Camp Meigs, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24890 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Fire hoses looped high in the air over a streetcar, firemen and onlookers around — c. 1909–25 Firemen raise their hoses into an arch so a streetcar can pass beneath them.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12355-3 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A motor car driving between a line of mounted troops and a crowd under trees — May 23, 1917 Cavalry and crowds line a tree-shaded street as the Italian Commission's motor car passes on its arrival, May 23, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8774 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Small motor ploughs pushing snow beside a stone building — c. 1910–25 Ford snow ploughs clear a street beside a government building after a snowfall.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 532 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A ladder truck and hoses on a smoky city street lined with old buildings — c. 1910–25 Fire engines and hoses fill the street during the Geological Survey fire, smoke drifting between the buildings.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 565 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A city street corner with trees and a parked car — c. 1910–25 A quiet corner of H Street, with a lone motor car and a tree-lined pavement.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 800 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A churchyard with statues and headstones among trees, a small brick church behind — c. 1910–25 Gravestones and monuments among trees in the churchyard of Rock Creek Church, its small brick church and cupola beyond.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 907A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A boxy delivery truck with lettered sides — c. 1918 A Reid Ice Cream Company delivery truck, about 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12350-2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long market building with a RIGGS MARKET sign, wagons and umbrellas in front — c. 1910–26 Wagons and umbrella-shaded stalls line the front of Riggs Market.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 1172 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large brick government building with rows of windows and awnings on a street corner — c. 1910–26 The massive brick Government Printing Office fills its block, with awnings in its many windows.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 1194 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Girls in scout hats and uniforms digging a garden plot with hoes and spades — c. 1917–19 Girl Scouts dig and hoe their Food Administration war garden at 13th Street and Iowa Avenue.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44301 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two people in gauze masks carrying a stretcher outside an ambulance station — 1918 Masked Red Cross workers demonstrate carrying a stretcher case at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station during the 1918 influenza pandemic.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44242 [P&P] LOT 12355-4 [item] · No known restrictions on publication

Women marching with flags behind a banner about Liberty Bonds, motor cars behind — 1918 Marchers carry a banner reading "We buy Liberty Bonds with the Kaiser's money" in a 1918 Liberty Loan parade.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24404 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two women holding a long banner with a printed protest message in front of a building — 1918 Two suffragists hold a banner protesting against the "thirty-four wilful senators" who delayed the vote for women, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29728 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Floodwater dotted with blocks of ice among brick industrial buildings and a crane — February 1918 Ice floes stranded in floodwater among industrial buildings and a coal hoist after the Washington flood of February 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10170 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large bell on a decorated float with flags and people in costume — April 27, 1918 A replica of the Liberty Bell rides on a float in the Third Liberty Loan parade, April 27, 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44224 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Three women in flag costumes standing under trees — April 27, 1918 Women dressed as Columbia and Liberty for the Third Liberty Loan parade, April 27, 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44226 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall narrow house with a mansard roof and iron porch — c. 1918–20 An old house at 121 Maryland Avenue SW, about 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 2542-A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Young women in middy blouses and bloomers playing baseball, one sliding to the base — 1919 A runner slides into base as the catcher stoops and the umpire watches in a women's baseball game in 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 5148 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A rider in a bowler hat jumping a horse over a wooden fence by a grandstand — 1919 Melvin C. Hazen takes his horse over a rail jump at the horse show grounds in 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30222 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn float shaped like an old sailing ship before a crowd and a large building — 1919 A sailing-ship float from the Netherlands, drawn by horses, passes crowds in the Fourth of July parade of 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30539 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn wagon with big lettered signs surrounded by men in overcoats — 1919 A horse-drawn suffrage bus, its signs announcing a "monster mass meeting" at the Belasco Theatre to welcome envoys of the women voters, draws a crowd in 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30674 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A streetcar tipped over on its side on a tree-lined street, men in straw hats watching — c. 1919 Onlookers gather round a streetcar lying on its side in the road, around 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30728 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long low brick prison with chimneys behind bare trees and rough grass — c. 1915–23 The Washington Jail, where ninety-seven members of the National Woman's Party served terms for picketing the White House.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-90 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Night view of derailed streetcars at an intersection with a crowd and a large street clock — c. 1915–23 Crowds gather at night round derailed streetcars slewed across a downtown intersection, a street clock in the foreground.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-2227-a [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A procession of priests in white surplices walking along a road past onlookers — February 1919 Clergy in vestments walk in the jubilee procession for Cardinal Gibbons at Catholic University, February 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30018 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A car decorated with branches and flags, a policeman on a bicycle beside it — June 28, 1919 A motor car smothered in greenery and flags drives in the Auto Trade Association parade, June 28, 1919, a policeman cycling alongside.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44258 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Wounded soldiers lying on stretchers along a sidewalk among spectators and a nurse — September 17, 1919 Wounded soldiers on stretchers and in wheelchairs line the kerb with nurses to watch the Pershing parade, September 17, 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12293, v. 1 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two white horses and firemen at the open door of a fire station — c. 1918–21 Fire horses harnessed and ready in the doorway of a firehouse, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 6467 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A small filling station with a car at the pump — c. 1918–21 A Penn Oil Company filling station at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 9973 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A shop front with candy displays and children on the pavement — c. 1919–20 Children outside Jane's candy store, about 1920, its windows full of sweets.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 3404 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two policemen drinking from cups beside a car on a city street — c. 1919–20 Policemen in winter coats take coffee from a vendor's car, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 3415 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Children in coats and caps gathered before a small curtained stage with two costumed actors — c. 1919–20 Children crowd round the curtained stage of Community Service's travelling theatre, built on an automobile chassis, around 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 3428 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A shop front lit by electric signs at night — c. 1919–20 People's Drug Store No. 5 lit up at night, 8th and H Streets NE, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 4063 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd outside an ornate cinema front with painted posters and shop signs beside it — c. 1920 A crowd waits outside Lust's Leader Theater, its ornate front advertising "Ship Wrecked Among Cannibals", beside Brodt's hat shop, around 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12342-10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A column of men marching behind an American flag on a city street — 1920 Marchers with an American flag in an Irish demonstration in Washington, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 10120 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Horse-drawn carriages and people in front of a row of shops with signs — 1920 Horse-drawn carriages and onlookers crowd the street outside J. E. Cunningham's and a Travers shoe shop, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 10250 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wrecked boxy motor truck against a tree with onlookers — 1920 A delivery truck wrapped around a tree after an accident at 6th and H Streets NW, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 10425 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd of schoolchildren in coats and caps outside a brick school — 1920 A crowd of children packs the yard of Petworth School, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 10706 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man beside a copper still with coiled pipes — c. 1920 A seized moonshine still examined by the Internal Revenue Bureau, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 4214 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of boys and girls outside a movie theater entrance with posters — c. 1920 A crowd of children, with a uniformed attendant and a few adults, gathers at the entrance of the Dixie Theater around 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 4589 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman on a balcony hanging a starred banner while women below raise their arms — 1920 Alice Paul unfurls the ratification banner from the balcony of the Woman's Party headquarters as suffragists cheer below, after Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify in August 1920.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-1112 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Six women holding a lettered banner under a doorway marked National Woman's Party — June 2, 1920 Suffragists hold a banner quoting Susan B. Anthony beneath the National Woman's Party sign, June 2, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 8181 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A brick shop front with a large drug store sign — c. 1909–32 People's Drug Store No. 5 at 804 H Street NE.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-6 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Three white horses pulling a fire truck out of a station doorway — c. 1909–32 A horse-drawn hook-and-ladder truck rushes out of a firehouse.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · No call number recorded on caption card [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long motor fire truck with ladders on a street — c. 1909–32 A motorised hook-and-ladder engine of the District fire department.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · No call number recorded on caption card [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A cyclist beside a large two-wheeled hand cart and a man in an overcoat on a street — c. 1909–32 A man on a bicycle passes a hand cart outside a laundry and dry-cleaning shop.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 43650 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of boys and men around an overturned motor bus in a street — c. 1920–21 Onlookers gather round a Washington Rapid Transit Co. bus lying on its side in the street, early 1920s.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 5793 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men with shovels loading snow into a wooden cart next to a streetcar — c. 1909–32 African American workmen shovel snow into a horse-drawn cart beside a streetcar line.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12355-9 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man sharpening a blade at a pedal grinding wheel on a sidewalk next to old cars — c. 1912–30 A street knife grinder works his wheel on the sidewalk beside parked motor cars on a shady avenue.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44133 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Thick black smoke rising from a burning wooden building, figures in the foreground — 1921 Black smoke pours from a burning building at Camp Leech in 1921 as men fight the fire.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 11751 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A derailed streetcar, number 112, slewed across a corner with men and boys watching — 1921 Onlookers stand beside a streetcar that has jumped the rails at 8th and F Streets NE in 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 12071 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two people on a bench under a large tree near a riverside pavilion — 1921 People sit in the shade of a spreading tree beside a river wharf with an open pavilion, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 13435 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of uniformed marchers turning a corner past a crowd below steps — 1921 A uniformed unit wheels in formation past a crowd at the foot of a flight of steps in a 1921 parade.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 13819 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A truck carrying a small metal-sided garage building on a cobbled street, a streetcar behind — 1921 A truck carries an entire corrugated-iron garage down a cobbled street past a streetcar, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 14472 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A car driving up a timber ramp on rough ground while a crowd watches — 1921 A crowd watches a closed motor car climb a ramp of planks in a rough lot during a Birmingham car demonstration in 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 15964 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A motor truck with a sign reading Xmas early mailing, gifts on hand — 1921 A Post Office truck urging early Christmas mailing, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 17101 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long street of identical brick rowhouses with crowds on the sidewalk — January 5, 1921 Crowds line a street of brick rowhouses at the scene of an accident involving a fire vehicle, January 5, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 11283 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of boys and men around a crashed open motor car on a street — January 5, 1921 Onlookers surround the fire chief's wrecked car, January 5, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 11285 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A pony pulling a decorated cart with a girl and flowers, people walking beside it — May 13, 1921 A small girl rides in a flower-decked pony cart in the animal parade of May 13, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12354-4 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men emptying containers into a drain at the kerb — July 8, 1921 Two men pour confiscated liquor into a storm drain, July 8, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 14929 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man swinging an axe at barrels in a street, watched by a crowd — July 8, 1921 A Prohibition agent smashes barrels open with an axe, spilling their contents into the street, while a crowd looks on, July 8, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 14930 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Buses and cars crowded together on a street — November 11, 1921 A traffic jam of buses and motor cars on Armistice Day, November 11, 1921, the day the Unknown Soldier was buried.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 16838 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd beside streetcars under an awning — November 11, 1921 Crowds and stalled streetcars on Armistice Day, November 11, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 16839 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd and flags at an outdoor ceremony on a building site — November 14, 1921 The cornerstone laying for Washington Memorial Hall, November 14, 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 16897 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A motor truck covered in evergreen boughs with a sign reading Xmas Post Office — December 10, 1921 A Christmas mail truck decorated with evergreens, December 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12293, v. 3, p. 17 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A brick garage with a big lettered sign and an early tow truck parked in front — c. 1921–22 A tow truck stands outside the Potomac Garage, its doorway hung with signs for Goodrich tyres and motor fuel.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 7433 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women with umbrellas queuing outside shops on a rainy street, motor cars at the kerb — 1922 A line of women under umbrellas waits outside a shoe and furniture store on a wet day in 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 18586 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man in a straw hat buys fruit from a pushcart while a streetcar passes — c. 1921–23 A street vendor's barrow heaped with fruit on a busy corner in the early 1920s, with a streetcar passing behind.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-3188 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of canvas tents across a grassy field with soldiers moving between them — 1922 Rows of small pup tents fill a field at a military camp near Washington in 1922, men working among them.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-4537 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of parked cars and people crossing a street before a large stone building — 1922 Motor cars parked in front of an office building while costumed figures cross the street, 1922.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-4440 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women walking with placards along a pavement — January 11, 1922 Ukrainian-American pickets with placards walk a Washington pavement, January 11, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 17428 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crashed car and a delivery van on a street with onlookers — January 21, 1922 A bootlegger's wrecked car on a city street, January 21, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 18491 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in overcoats standing around a crashed car and a police van on a wet street — January 21, 1922 Capitol police and onlookers gather round a pair of bootleggers' car, wrecked at the end of a chase through the city in January 1922, with a police wagon alongside.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, vol. 1, p. 26 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long line of streetcars stopped in a snowy street with a truck and car beside them — January 28, 1922 A line of streetcars stands stalled in the snow during the trolley tie-up of January 28, 1922 during a heavy snowstorm.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12350-5 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in overcoats walking along a slushy pavement past heaps of snow — February 3, 1922 President Harding and his secretary George Christian walk the snowbound streets after the Knickerbocker storm, February 3, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, v. 2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An old wheeled fire apparatus parked on a street — February 22, 1922 An antique hand-drawn fire engine, the \"George Washington\", brought out on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 18095 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall brick building with a fire ladder and a crowd below — May 2, 1922 Firemen on ladders at the Portland Hotel fire, May 2, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 18654 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A small wooden house standing in floodwater, children on the porch and a boy wading — September 2, 1922 Children stand on the porch of a cottage surrounded by floodwater while a boy wades past, September 2, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 20254 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A policeman beside a crashed car with crates stacked on the road — November 16, 1922 A policeman stands by a wrecked car and the cases of moonshine found in it, November 16, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, vol. 10, p. 1 (similar photo) <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A streetcar with large painted safety slogans along its side — November 27, 1922 A streetcar covered in safety slogans such as "Don't get hurt" and "Help prevent accidents" for Safety Week, November 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, v. 10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An elephant on a wet city street beside a traffic signal, people and a policeman nearby — c. 1921–24 An elephant stands in a rain-wet downtown street beside a traffic signal, policemen and onlookers around it, early 1920s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-7412 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A brick building with its front wall fallen away, rubble in the street — c. 1918–28 The front wall of a brick house and shop has collapsed, exposing its rooms and shelves above a heap of rubble.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 3063 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A boy carrying a tall cross leading a church procession with a flag along a sidewalk — 1923 Altar boys with a cross and flag lead the May procession of St. Gabriel's Church along a residential street in 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24072 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Seen from above, crowds of people crossing a street junction with tracks and a car — 1923 Pedestrians in cloche hats and long coats cross a busy downtown intersection past a streetcar in 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 28065 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men walking across an intersection painted with white curved traffic lines — January 1923 Freshly painted traffic lines curve across an intersection in early 1923, as pedestrians and a motor car pass.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-5285 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A car under trees covered in ice in front of a building — February 16, 1923 Ice-coated trees and a fire engine at the People's Drug Store fire, February 16, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 22596 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two men pulling an ornate old fire engine decorated with flowers and a portrait — February 22, 1923 Firemen in old-style helmets draw a flower-decked antique hand engine bearing a portrait of George Washington, February 22, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 22547 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in uniform marching beside a fire engine on a street — February 22, 1923 Firefighters march with their engine in a parade, February 22, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 22548 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Crowds of people walking on a wide path under bare trees — March 1923 Pedestrians walk a tree-lined promenade in March 1923.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-5410 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A statue on a tall pedestal among bare trees in a circle — March 1923 The equestrian statue of George Washington in Washington Circle, March 1923.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-5447 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marchers carrying many American flags along a city street beside a large building — May 30, 1923 Grand Army veterans and drummers march with a forest of flags in the Memorial Day parade of 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24486 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse and covered wagon by a brick house on a quiet street — July 4, 1923 A horse-drawn delivery wagon at the kerb on the Fourth of July, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 25166 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd around a truck with loudspeakers in front of a brick building — August 4, 1923 Crowds gather round a loudspeaker truck broadcasting the memorial service for President Harding, August 4, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 25631 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Twisted machinery inside a burned building — September 20, 1923 The burned-out machinery hall after the Bureau of Standards fire, September 20, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 26420 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Firemen with hoses in front of a burning store — November 9, 1923 Firemen fight the blaze at a Piggly Wiggly grocery store, November 9, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 27123 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wagon packed with men behind a team of white horses on a city street — November 27, 1923 A wagon crowded with passengers rolls down a downtown street on the November 1923 day the strongman Siegmund Breitbart hauled a wagonload of fifty people through Washington with his teeth.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-7356 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Children in costume around a decorated cart on a street — 1924 Children with a float in a neighbourhood parade in Takoma Park, 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 31322 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A uniformed policeman and a boy beside a traffic signal post next to a car — 1924 A policeman and a small boy man the traffic signal at a street corner, 1924.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8149 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A policeman beside a stop-and-go sign at an intersection — June 8, 1924 A traffic policeman and a signal post at a downtown corner, June 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 29886 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Mounted soldiers riding along a tree-lined road — September 12, 1924 Cavalry leads the Defense Day parade, September 12, 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 32101 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman at a counter in a shop stacked with cans and boxes — c. 1920–30 A woman shops for canned goods in a grocery store, 1920s.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12353-10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A fire ladder against a burning building lit up at night — 1925 Firemen on a ladder fight the J. J. Mueller fire at night, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 38832 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd in the street around police vehicles — 1925 A crowd watches police raid a gambling den on E Street, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12297, vol. 1, p. 27 <item> · No known restrictions on publication

Workmen with shovels loading snow into a two-wheeled horse cart on a city street — January 1925 Men shovel snow into a horse-drawn cart beneath tall hotel and office buildings after a January 1925 snowfall.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-9307 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Hoses and firemen lit by searchlights at a night fire — January 10, 1925 Firemen pour water on the S. Kann's warehouse fire at night, January 10, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 33824 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men with telescopes on a narrow walkway between domed metal roofs — January 24, 1925 Astronomers work among instruments on a rooftop walkway at the Naval Observatory to watch the solar eclipse of January 24, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 34012 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd and parked cars outside a Gothic church on a busy street — April 12, 1925 Crowds and cars outside the First Congregational Church as President and Mrs. Coolidge attend Easter service, April 12, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12297, v. 2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd of people around a horse-drawn fire engine in a street — June 15, 1925 Crowds in straw hats press round the horse-drawn engine on the last run of Barney, Gene and Tom, District fire department horses, June 15, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 36048 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long line of people in summer hats beside a large brick church — July 30, 1925 Mourners queue along a church wall to view the body of William Jennings Bryan, July 30, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 36663 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People queuing on the steps of a brick building — October 28, 1925 Crowds outside the court-martial of Colonel Billy Mitchell, October 28, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 37857 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in sashes and hats walking along a street — c. 1923–29 Members of the National Woman's Party in sashes walk along a city pavement, 1920s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-9393 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man in a coat examining a traffic light on a post — January 5, 1926 Traffic Director Eldridge inspects one of the city's new electric traffic lights, January 5, 1926.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 38959 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man guiding two big dogs pulling a sled of children down a snowy residential street — January 11, 1926 R. L. Scaggs drives a team of police dogs pulling children on a sled along a snowy street, January 1926.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 38984 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Fire engines and a ladder tower spraying water onto a burning building at night — February 16, 1926 Firemen pour water from ladder towers into the blazing Capital Wall Paper Company building at night.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 39321 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Girls in white dresses and veils carrying flowers in a church procession — May 22, 1926 Little girls in white veils and flower crowns walk in the May procession at the Church of the Nativity, May 1926.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 40024 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men with banners marching down a tree-lined street — July 7, 1926 The Moose parade, July 7, 1926.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 40185 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A fire engine in the street in front of a grand mansard-roofed mansion with smoke — November 19, 1926 Fire engines stand outside the Polish Legation during the fire of November 19, 1926.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 40797 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two young runners in vests crossing a finish line between lines of spectators — August 25, 1927 Boys strain for the tape in a sprint at the playgrounds track meet, August 1927, watched by a crowd at the edge of the course.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 41751 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A band and flag bearers marching down a leafy avenue with the Capitol dome ahead — 1929 Firemen march with flags and drums down a tree-lined avenue toward the Capitol dome in the 1929 Labor Day parade.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 42809 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd in the street before a damaged storefront signed McCrory's, an ambulance in front — November 21, 1929 Crowds and an ambulance outside the wrecked front of McCrory's five-and-ten store after the fire of November 21, 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 43073 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A uniformed policeman standing beside a traffic signal on a pavement — 1932 A Metropolitan Police officer beside a signal post on a downtown street, 1932.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-5091 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

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