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Revisiting Rock Creek: A Photo Comparison of a Car Crossing and Horseback Riders

Revisiting Rock Creek in Washington, DC in the 1920s. See a photo comparison of a car crossing and horseback riders. View images from the Library of Congress.
young man pulled by horse
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Here’s a cool photo of a car crossing a part of Rock Creek in the 1920s.

car crossing Rock Creek
car crossing Rock Creek

Source: Library of Congress

And here is, what appears to be, the same location in Rock Creek, this time being crossed by riders on horseback.

riders on horseback crossing Rock Creek
riders on horseback crossing Rock Creek
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