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Exploring the Houses of Washington D.C. in 1923

Take a look back in time to 1923 Washington D.C. and explore the poorer quarters of the national capital. From Harris & Ewing plates, see what these houses were like before the city's transformation.
Photograph shows cargo ships at the wharf in Alexandria, Virginia from Pioneer Mill, which was six stories high.
highway extension of 1897
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Here’s a photo from a very different time here in D.C., where you could find homes like the one below.

Washington, D.C., 1923. "City houses." One in a series of Harris & Ewing plates documenting the national capital's poorer quarters.
Washington, D.C., 1923. “City houses.” One in a series of Harris & Ewing plates documenting the national capital’s poorer quarters.

Source: Shorpy

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