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

  • Published June 11, 2013
car crossing Rock Creek
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.
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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

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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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