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Revisiting Streetcar Life in Washington, DC: A Look Back at Life in 1943

What was it like riding the streetcars of Washington on the 1940s? Take a look at this series of great old photos.
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Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol

Here is another image from 1943.

Washington, D.C. Miss Frances Lewis, the motorman of a two-man streetcar
Washington, D.C. Miss Frances Lewis, the motorman of a two-man streetcar

Source: Library of Congress

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7

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