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A Look Back at Washington, D.C.’s Outdoor Food Market in 1900

Take a look back in time to Washington, D.C.'s outdoor food market in 1900 with this amazing photo. See what the city looked like over a century ago!
The Hall was named for Thomas Copley, S.J. (ca. 1595-1652). Among its many external decorations is a large Latin inscription on its middle gable which reads: 'Moribus Antiquis Res Stat Loyolaea Virisque.' This has been translated as: 'Loyola’s Fortune Still May Hope To Thrive, If Men and Mold Like Those of Old Survive.' The south gable bears the family crest of St. Ignatius Loyola who founded the Society of Jesus, the lily of the seal of the University of Paris where he was educated, and the seal of the Society of Jesus.
Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. advertisement - April 9th, 1911 (Washington Herald)
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Here’s a great photo to share on a lazy Saturday.

Shoppers at the outdoor food market, 7th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. View looking up 7th Street, ca. 1900
Shoppers at the outdoor food market, 7th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. View looking up 7th Street, ca. 1900
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