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Best Buy in Bloomingdale (1911)

Posted by: Ghosts of DC on July 5, 2012 in Old Ads & Classifieds 2 Comments

Here’s a cool advertisement I came across in the Washington Times. This is from Augusts 19th, 1911.

Bloomingdale real estate advertisement - August 19th, 1911 (Washington Times)

Bloomingdale real estate advertisement – August 19th, 1911 (Washington Times)

Check this out below. Here is the Google Street View of the same set of houses (with a tree in the way of course).

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Betsy

I posted this ad on our Bloomingdale History Blog – thought it was very special – haven’t seen many with interior pics.
http://www.facebook.com/tom.szollos Tom Szollos

This and the ad for the Ingleside Terrace houses are very similar in that you see what the neighborhood looks like without the trees. These days we’re used to seeing those streetscapes with large trees, gardens, fences, very lived in, whereas originally it looked a lot more like the townhouse developments you now see in the ‘burbs – no trees, bushes, fences, or anything. Just lawns…

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