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6431 Barnaby Street NW in a 1935 Advertisement

A house advertisement offered 6431 Barnaby Street NW to buyers in June 1935.

Posted Apr 19, 20131 min read

6431 Barnaby St. NW

Wow. You can barely renovate a bathroom for this amount of money today. Above is an advertisement for 6431 Barnaby St. NW on June 2nd, 1935.

For what the neighborhood’s builders promised buyers beyond the price, see Barnaby Woods’ 1937 promise of “social restrictions”.

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