Defrees Alley: Children Playing in a Forgotten Corner of DC

Published September 19, 2013Updated April 27, 20261 min readby ghostsofdc

Here’s a fascinating photograph of living conditions that no longer exist in Washington. This is Defrees Alley in Northeast. It was located between I, K, North Capitol and First St.

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer — Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post — Photographer

2 thoughts on “Defrees Alley: Children Playing in a Forgotten Corner of DC”

John Mahaffie

September 20, 2013 at 11:36 am

Thanks for a remarkable picture. Do you know the year?
Ghosts of DC

September 20, 2013 at 1:32 pm

This is sometime in the 1920s

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