Try an address, a neighborhood, a name or a year, like “14th and U” or “1968.”
Not sure where to start?What was real estate like in Columbia Heights back in 1904? Take a look at this lovely old advertisement.
Check out this great old advertisement from The Evening Star back in 1904. It shows a number of great properties for sale in then-new Columbia Heights, which was booming with development.
Source: Library of Congress
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Filed underOld Ads & Classifieds
Topics1900s · Columbia Heights
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