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Taking a Look Back: A Photo of 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., circa 1931. "Fifteenth Street at Pennsylvania Avenue." Note the traffic lights, which made their D.C. debut in 1926, as well as the traffic-cop gazebo at center ("NO LEFT TURN") and streetcar switch tower to its left. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
Take a look back in time with this old photo showing 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. in 1931. See the traffic lights and cop gazebo in this vintage image from the Harris & Ewing Collection.
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This great old photo shows the view looking north on 15th St., just east of the White House and Treasury Department. The intersection is with Pennsylvania Ave.

Washington, D.C., circa 1931. "Fifteenth Street at Pennsylvania Avenue." Note the traffic lights, which made their D.C. debut in 1926, as well as the traffic-cop gazebo at center ("NO LEFT TURN") and streetcar switch tower to its left. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C., circa 1931. “Fifteenth Street at Pennsylvania Avenue.” Note the traffic lights, which made their D.C. debut in 1926, as well as the traffic-cop gazebo at center (“NO LEFT TURN”) and streetcar switch tower to its left. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.

Source: Shorpy

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