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DC Streetcar Historic Photographs
| Underground StationA passenger alights in the winter of 1943 from what was a busy underground station at the Bureau of Engraving at C and 14th Streets, SW. The streetcar carries a poster advertising ice hockey at the Uline Arena at 3rd & M Streets, NE. |
| Passengers LoadingPassengers loading at the 14th Street, SW, underground streetcar terminal during the winter of 1945. |
| 14th St NW circa 1935A streetcar passes the once ubiquitous Peoples Drug Store on 14th Street, NW, one of the District's busiest streetcar lines, circa 1935. |
| 14th St & Penn Ave NWPedestrians, cars, police officers mix-it-up where the 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue tracks meet near the District Building (left, background), April 1945. |
| Willard Hotel (background)A southbound streetcar waits for pedestrians to cross at the Williard Hotel (background) at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, circa 1946. |
| Thomas Circle 1940Two southbound streetcars go past the National City Christian Church on the northwest side of Thomas Circle, circa 1940. Note the Club Melody to the left |
| Thomas Circle 1941A southbound 14th Street streetcar cuts through Thomas Circle in 1941. The cut-through was eliminated and the full circle restored in 2006. |
| Treasury BuildingA morning streetcar turns into 15th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in front of the Treasury, circa 1925. |
| Pennsylvania AvenueTracks await removal on Pennslyvania Avenue, NW, leading to the Capitol in 1962, the year service stopped. |
| H Street SidewalkAt 3rd & H Streets, NE, a streetcar passes an unpaved sidewalk and no-longer existing wall, September 1947. |
| Forida Ave BridgeTracks go under the railroad bridge at Florida Avenue, NE, east of New York Avenue, circa 1950. |
| Wisconsin AvenueThe Georgetown Theatre marquee overlooks the tracks on Wisconsin Avenue above M Street in 1960. Note the Magruder’s grocery store. |
| M Street in GeorgetownTracks on M Street in Georgetown, with the Esso and Sinclair gas stations on opposite corners, and the tower of the Georgetown Car Barn in the background, circa 1955. |
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