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Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "People's Drug Store, 7th and E Sts." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Careful examination of the building (from another angle) shows the continued vitality of those lion faces and stone "sashes":
The man in the third floor window of the Washington Insurance Agency appears as if he is looking right down at the person taking this photo. I like the looks of the old building so much better.
Devoting a full window to cigars shows where the profits are.
Pre air conditioning, awnings were a key method of temperature control. They're also a good way of identifying south-facing sides of buildings for Shorpy Detective Agency operatives.
Two Face and the One Legged Blur!
This might be the first time I can remember seeing a bicycle chained to something in these early Shorpy photographs! Must be a bad neighborhood?
The display windows of People's Drug Store No. 2 are certainly uncontaminated by drugs.
Awning sales and service must have been big business back then.
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