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A Look at a Car Accident on Massachusetts and 21st St. NW: Then and Now

  • Published February 15, 2012
Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (1917)
Take a look at this serious car accident on Massachusetts and 21st St. NW from 1917 and then a recent Google Street View. Check out the photo from 1917 and then the recent Google Street View.
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This is not good. We’re looking at a photo of a car accident on the northeast corner of Massachusetts and 21st St. NW. This is just two block west of Dupont Circle and a block north of P St. Check out the photo from 1917 and then the recent Google Street View.

Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (1917)
Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (1917)
Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (Google Street View)
Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (Google Street View)
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I also added this to Historypin, so check that out.

Thanks to Shorpy for their awesome library of photographs.

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