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Photos of 1940s Boarding House Living in DC

What was life like living in a Washington boarding house during World War II? Here is a series of photos showing the life of young men and women in their communal living arrangements.
1907 Baist real estate atlas of 14th and Monroe St. NW
views of Washington from American University
A clerk in the U.S. Navy Department reading in his room in a boardinghouse
A clerk in the U.S. Navy Department reading in his room in a boardinghouse

Source: Library of Congress

You can check out more of them here.

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11, Page 12

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