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Early 1900s Wisconsin Ave. Real Estate

1900s, Wisconsin Ave. NW

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You could hand your own piece of Wisconsin Avenue real estate for only $50 down back in 1908. Not a bad deal!

Source: Library of Congress

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READ: What Happened to the Electric Car? Buy a Rauch and Lang Coupe (1909)

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