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History

Petworth 1930, 1893 and Today

By Prince Of Petworth
Published August 5, 2020 at 9:45AM


“Washington, D.C., circa 1930. “Rowhouses in Petworth.” 8×10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak.” via Shorpy

Well this is awesome. Thanks to Annette for sending. Check out the Hi-Res version here.

Quite the contrast from the ones we got from 1893:

More photos from the late 1800s here.

And of course quite the contrast from today (incredible sunset/rain photo from last night):

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And scene : @philip__silver #dc #weather #sunset #rain #row #houses #clouds #petworth #streetphotography #districtofcolumbia #washingtondc

A post shared by PoPville (@popville) on Aug 5, 2020 at 5:16am PDT

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