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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.
Half-length portrait of Charles Moran, baseball player for the American League Washington Senators, standing at South Side Park which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Capitol Bldg., seen from atop Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
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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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