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A Streetcar Passes by an Unpaved Sidewalk and No-Longer Existing Wall in 1947 H Street NE

  • Published December 2, 2013
At 3rd & H Streets, NE, a streetcar passes an unpaved sidewalk and no-longer existing wall, September 1947
Take a look back in time and explore what H Street NE looked like a few years after World War II. A streetcar passes an unpaved sidewalk and a no-longer existing wall in 1947. Image source: DDOTDC Flickr.
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Very different than today … this is what H St. NE looked like a couple of years after World War II.

At 3rd & H Streets, NE, a streetcar passes an unpaved sidewalk and no-longer existing wall, September 1947
At 3rd & H Streets, NE, a streetcar passes an unpaved sidewalk and no-longer existing wall, September 1947

Source: DDOTDC Flickr

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