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Old Ads & Classifieds

Old ads and classifieds from Washington, DC newspapers. Apartments for $40 a month, lost dogs, help wanted notices, the everyday business of a city we never saw.

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1926 ad for Petworth homes in The Evening StarExploring Petworth’s Development in the Early 20th Century: Ads from The Evening Star in 1926Updated May 191708 Q St. NW1708 Q Street NW: A Schneider Row House and Haiti’s Minister to DCUpdated Apr 28Washington Post - August 25th, 1929Chevy Chase Gardens: Four Houses, One 1929 Ad, and a Developer About to Lose EverythingUpdated Apr 21

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