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Exploring Washington D.C. History Through Postcards: The Connecticut Avenue Bridge, 1911

Connecticut Ave. Bridge
Relive Washington D.C. history with a look at this original postcard of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge in 1911. Check out the link to the Flickr collection for more postcards and read more on Wikipedia.
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One of our original readers, Ben, sent along a link to a great Flickr collection of D.C. postcards. You have to check them out. Below is one of our favorites, showing the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, looking south, in 1911.

Connecticut Ave. Bridge
Connecticut Ave. Bridge

Read up on the bridge on Wikipedia. There is some good background on the history there.

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