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Exploring the Past: A Look at a Photo from the 1880s-1910s

Published September 16, 2014

Take a look back in time with this amazing photo from the 1880s-1910s. We can't quite tell the direction of this shot, but we think it's looking east toward Mt. Pleasant. Source: Library of Congress.

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What an amazing photo this is from sometime between the 1880s and 1910s. I can’t quite tell the direction of this shot. I think it’s looking east toward Mt. Pleasant?

Three men with bicycles on bridge near Pierce Mill, Washington, D.C.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged Peirce Mill, Rock Creek Park

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