Capital Transit: Route 50 - Fourteenth Street

Photographs by R. Hill

This page contains pictures of Route 50, on 14^th Street from Colorado Ave. in Northwest, to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving loop, in Southwest. Most were taken on the fateful date of January 27, 1962, which was unfortunately a day with lousy picture taking weather (hazy grey sky). Most of the other pictures were taken earlier in that same month.

There were originally 48 pictures in this series, which cover the line going from north to south. One is missing, two are provided courtesy of Don Galt, and three are provided courtesy of Ken Josephson.

This set of pictures is a wonderful change from the normal fan pictures which were three-quarter views of the streetcars. As you can see, these pictures are pretty useless for modeling the streetcars. But they are facsinating as a document of a slice of Washington in 1962, documenting the whole trolley line, not just a few streetcars.

There probably have been many changes since 1962 along 14^th St., aside from the relatively static Federal edifices. The business district has replaced many buildings. There were unfortunate changes in Shaw in 1968. But the residential neighborhoods of upper 14^th Street are much the same.

The images on this page have been extremely highly compressed for fast loading. Please click on any image to see a larger and less compressed version, usually 35 to 45 kilobytes in size.

Photograph	Number	Location	Date
	1.	14th St. & Colorado Ave. NW loop	January 1962
	2.	14th St. & Colorado Ave. NW loop Courtesy of Ken Josephson	January 1962
	3.	14th & Hamilton St. NW	January 1962
	4.	14th St. & Iowa Ave. & Emerson St. NW John Dickson Home for Aged Men	January 1962
	5.	14th St. & Iowa Ave. NW	January 1962
	6.	14th & Decatur St. NW barn	January 1962
	7.	14th & Buchanan St. NW	January 1962
	8.	14th St. & Arkansas Ave. NW	January 1962
	9.	14th & Upshur St. NW Roosevelt High School Tuberculosis Hospital grounds	January 1962
	10.	14th & Randolph St. NW Randolph Terrace Apartments	January 1962
	11.	14th St. & Otis Pl. NW Logan Motor Co., 3530 14th St. NW Cavalier Apartments, 3500 14th St. NW	January 1962
	12.	14th St. between Newton & Monroe St. NW	January 1962
	13.	14th St. & Park Ave. NW Tivoli Theatre	January 1962
	14.	14th St. & Park Ave. NW Riggs National Bank	January 1962
	15.	14th St. & Columbia Rd. NW Savoy Theatre	January 1962
	16.	14th & Euclid St. NW Hamilton & Jordan Inc. Furniture, 2622-26 14th St. NW	January 1962
	17.	14th & Clifton St. NW	January 1962
	18.	14th St. & Florida Ave. NW	January 1962
	19.	U & 14th St. NW	January 1962
	20.	14th St. & Rhode Island Ave. NW	January 27, 1962
	21.	14th & N St. NW Segal Brothers Furniture, 1234 14th St. NW National City Christian Church Portland Flats (far side of circle, torn down later in 1962) Courtesy of Ken Josephson	January 27, 1962
	22.	14th St. & Thomas Circle NW Luther Place Memorial Church	January 27, 1962
	23.	14th St. & Thomas Circle NW National City Christian Church	January 27, 1962
	25.	14th & K St. NW (northeast corner) Ranger Hamilton Hotel	January 27, 1962
	26.	14th & K St. NW (northwest corner) Tower Building Franklin Square	January 27, 1962
	27.	14th & K St. NW (southwest corner) Ambassador Hotel Franklin Square	January 27, 1962
	28.	14th & I St. NW (northbound) Casino Royal Theatre Restaurant, 802-804 14th St. NW	January 27, 1962
	29.	14th St. & New York Ave. NW (northeast corner) New York Ave. Presbeteryian Church	January 1962
	30.	14th St. & New York Ave. NW Trans-Lux Theatre	January 27, 1962
	31.	14th St. & New York Ave. NW (southwest corner) Bond Building	January 27, 1962
	32.	14th St. & New York Ave. NW Lotus Restaurant	January 27, 1962
	33.	14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW (northeast corner) National Press Club Building Whelan Drug	January 27, 1962
	34.	14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW (northwest corner) Willard Hotel	January 27, 1962
	35.	14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW Operating malfunctioning switch by hand Courtesy of Don Galt	January 27, 1962
	36.	14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW (north side) Willard Hotel	January 27, 1962
	37.	14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW (southeast corner) District Building Note extreme track wear on curve to Pennsylvania Ave.	January 27, 1962
	38.	14th St. between D St. & Constitution Ave. NW Labor Department on left Department of Commerce on right Courtesy of Don Galt	January 27, 1962
	39.	14th St. between Constitution Ave. & D St. NW Commerce Department	January 27, 1962
	40.	14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW (northwest corner) Commerce Department	January 27, 1962
	41.	14th St. & Madison Dr. NW Labor Department	March 1960
	42.	14th St. & Washington Dr. NW Washington Monument	January 27, 1962
	43.	14th St. & Independence Ave. SW Agriculture Department	January 27, 1962
	44.	Independence Ave. & 14th St. SW Agriculture Department bridge	January 27, 1962
	45.	14th St. & Independence Ave. SW Bureau of Printing and Engraving	January 27, 1962
	46.	Bureau of Printing and Engraving loop Courtesy of Ken Josephson	January 27, 1962
	47.	Bureau of Printing and Engraving loop Courtesy of Don Galt	January 27, 1962
	48.	Bureau of Printing and Engraving loop Perhaps the employee is scolding Hill for blinding the motorman with flashbulbs? Note the black motorman, still uncommon at this date.	January 27, 1962

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