Exploring an Old Postcard of Connecticut Ave. NW at the Intersection with Columbia Rd.

Published August 16, 2013

We found a terrific old postcard of Connecticut Ave. NW and Columbia Rd. in Washington, DC. If you were look down this road today, you would see the Hilton Hotel. Explore this historic postcard!

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This is a terrific old postcard we found in our GoDC buddy John’s Flickr photostream.

View down Connecticut Ave. NW at intersection with Columbia Rd.

Source: Flickr user StreetsOfWashington

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If you were look down this road today, on the left you would see the Hilton Hotel.

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1900s, Connecticut Ave. NW

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