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Can You Help Us Identify Where President Wilson’s 1919 Pierce Arrow Is Parked?

Can you help us in our investigation to identify where President Wilson’s 1919 Pierce Arrow is parked? Take a look at the photo we’ve shared and see if you can figure it out. Happy sleuthing!

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1919 Presidential Pierce Arrow
1919 Presidential Pierce Arrow

Okay GoDCers! This is a photo shared by a fellow reader Eric. He sent it in quite a while ago, so I’m a bit late on sharing this with the group. But, I promised to crowd-source the investigation with the group to see if we can identify where this Pierce Arrow is parked.

You’re looking at President Wilson’s 1919 Pierce Arrow in a photo taken probably the spring of 1920. Click on it for greater details and see if you can figure it out.

1919 Presidential Pierce Arrow
1919 Presidential Pierce Arrow

Happy sleuthing!

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Filed underFaces & Places of Yesterday

Topics1920s · Woodrow Wilson

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