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Exploring the Mayflower Coffee Shop and Grill in 1930s Washington, D.C.

Take a look back at the 1930s Mayflower Coffee Shop and Grill in Washington, D.C., with a photo from the Library of Congress and an advertisement from The Washington Post.
Demolition of buildings on the corner of 11th Street and Virginia Avenue SW. View northwest over the Agriculture Department Building to the Washington Monument (1959). Garnet W. Jex "Southwest Redevelopment" Slide Collection, HSW.
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Here’s a photo that we found at the Library of Congress. It shows the old Mayflower Coffee Shop and Grill in the late 1930s.

The Mayflower Coffee Shop and Grill, Washington, D.C.
The Mayflower Coffee Shop and Grill, Washington, D.C.

Source: Library of Congress

And here’s an advertisement for the hotel that we found in The Washington Post from 1939.

1939 Mayflower advertisement
1939 Mayflower advertisement
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