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Best Buy in Bloomingdale (1911)

Tom Jul 5, 2012 Google Field Trip, Old Ads & Classifieds 4 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).

Bass Ale For Christmas Eve 1911 (ghostsofdc.org)
I Make Sick Teeth Well (ghostsofdc.org)
Think It Over, Mr. Careless Husband (ghostsofdc.org)
Congress Heights: The Healthiest and Most Delightful Suburb of Washington (ghostsofdc.org)

Tags 1910s Adams St. NW Bloomingdale real estate Washington Times

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