Washington DC in the 1920s (photos)

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/washington-dc-in-the-1920s





(That's Cardozo high; it was a white school before World War II.)



(My God, I love 1920s women...)

And, the most awesome:



That's in front of my old apartment!!! That's so cool.

[PotatoChip]

1. Awesome pics!

Thanks for sharing.

K&R

[jtown1123]

2. Very cool. What street/neighborhood was your apartment?

Not a stalker, just curious. I live in Arlington.

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5. 14th & Harvard in Columbia Heights

I posted a current street view of her house below.

[bikebloke]

3. Old photos are fun to look at.

Those row houses look like Glover Park (when it was new).

I remember a photo of my grandmother with one of those bob-cuts. Though they were still in Virginia in the 20's.

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6. Something about them really does it for me

The woman with the smaller trophy is tres good looking.

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4. The Anti-Flirt Club rowhouse today...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1401+Harvard+St+NW,+Washington+DC&hl=en&ll=38.926464,-77.033193&spn=0.005792,0.013164&sll=38.926486,-77.033129&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&layer=c&cbp=13,219.39,,0,10.79&cbll=38.926454,-77.033337&t=h&z=17&panoid=AVSPeTKK2I4Vr1w_--E9fQ

[no_hypocrisy]

7. I didn't think color photography was in existence in the Twenties.

Very cool.

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10. It actually dates to the mid 1850s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography#History

Here's a site of color photos from World War One: http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/

[Kingofalldems]

8. Was hoping for a picture of my mother

She went to McKinley Tech.

What is an anti-flirt club?

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9. What is an anti-flirt club? Rumors (nt)

[dissidentboomer]

11. Are, um....

Are they shooting workers in that second picture?

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12. High schools used to have marksmanship teams (nt)

[Xithras]

13. Many still do.

The Gun Free School Zones Act, which normally criminalizes the possession of firearms on campuses, even contains an exception permitting guns for this purpose.

You generally don't see them in urban schools anymore because of concerns over stray bullets, but school marksmanship teams are still fairly common in rural areas.

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14. Interesting offhand stance they're using, too

Maybe that was the style back then.

[bikebloke]

15. Colour Photos from Russia circa 1900

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/