Gearhead Heaven: 1926
Mar. 15th, 2009 08:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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mhkrabat. For Phil (greatbearmd), Dan (danthered), and all the other GearHeads - Gearhead Heaven 1926
Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Standard Automotive Supply Co., 14th & S streets N.W."
National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
(Click to be transported)Thanks, Mark.
mhkrabat. For Phil (greatbearmd), Dan (danthered), and all the other GearHeads - Gearhead Heaven 1926Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Standard Automotive Supply Co., 14th & S streets N.W."
National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
(Click to be transported)
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I adore old photos like that.
Date: 2009-03-16 12:25 pm (UTC)http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showItem&cid=23&scid=155&iid=3253&PHPSESSID=98
It's a early 1940s photo of a grocery store in Washington, DC, and it's one of my favorites. I wonder what the same streetcorner looks like today ... if the intersection even exists.
It turns out this same photo can be found at the archive you cited:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/117