This page contains pictures of Route 90, starting at Calvert Bridge
loop on Calvert St. NW, to 18th St. NW, to U St NW, to
Florida Ave. NW, to New Jersey Ave. NW, to Massachusetts Ave. to Union
Station, to 1st St. NE to 1st St. SE to Pennsylvania Ave. SE to
17th St. (Barney Circle).
There were originally 59 pictures in this series, which cover the line
going from north to south. Several are missing, two are provided
courtesy of Don Galt. There is another series of photographs of the Route
92 branch to Navy Yard, that route stays on Florida Ave. at New Jersey
Ave. NW.
These pictures are 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.
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.
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Photograph
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Number
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Location
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Date
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1.
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Calvert Bridge loop
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January 1962
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2.
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Calvert Bridge loop
Courtesy of Don Galt
|
January 1962
|
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3.
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Calvert Bridge loop
|
January 1962
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4.
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Calvert St. & Adams Mill Rd. NW
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January 1962
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6.
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18th St. & Wyoming Ave. NW
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January 1962
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7.
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U & 18th St. NW
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January 1962
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8.
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U & 15th St. NW
Dunbar Hotel
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January 1962
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9.
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U St. & Porter Place NW
Booker T. Theater
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January 1962
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10.
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U & 14th St. NW
|
January 1962
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11.
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U between 13th & 14th St. NW
Republic Theater
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January 1962
|
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12.
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U between 12th & 13th St. NW
Lincoln Theater
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January 1962
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13.
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U & 11th St. NW
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January 1962
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14.
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Florida Ave. & 8th St. NW
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January 1962
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15.
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Florida Ave. & 7th St. NW
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January 1962
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16.
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7th St. & Florida Ave. NW
Note loop still in use.
|
January 1962
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17.
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T St. & Florida Ave. NW
Howard Theater
|
January 1962
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18.
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Florida Ave. & 6th St. NW
Griffith Stadium in the background.
|
January 1962
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19.
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Florida & New Jersey Ave. NW
Click to follow Route 92 via Florida Ave
& 8th St E.
|
January 1962
|
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20.
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New Jersey & Rhode Island Ave. NW
|
January 1962
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21.
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New Jersey Ave. between O & P St. NW
House with turret on left is 1425 New Jersey Ave. NW
|
January 1962
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22.
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New Jersey Ave. & Morgan St. NW
Israel Metropolitain Colored Methodist Church at right.
|
January 1962
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23.
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New Jersey & New York Ave. NW
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January 1962
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24.
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New Jersey Ave. between K & L St. NW
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at 1009 New Jersey Ave. NW. This stretch of New
Jersey Ave. is where the distribution offices for all the motion
picture companies were.
|
January 1962
|
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25.
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New Jersey Ave. & I St. NW
Warner Bros. Pictures.
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January 1962
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26.
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New Jersey Ave. & 2nd St. NW
Washington Film Building.
|
January 1962
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27.
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New Jersey Ave. & 1st & G St. NW
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January 1962
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28.
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G St. & New Jersey Ave. NW
|
January 1962
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29.
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Massachusetts Ave. & North Capitol St. NE
View from Post Office.
|
January 1962
|
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30.
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Union Station
|
January 1962
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31.
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Union Station
|
January 1962
|
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32.
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1st & D St. NE
|
January 1962
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33.
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1st & B St. NE
Senate Office Building
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January 1962
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34.
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1st St. & B St. NE
Senate Office Building
|
January 1962
|
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35.
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1st St. SE
Looking at Capitol from Library of Congress.
|
January 1962
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36.
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1st St. SE
Library of Congress
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January 1962
|
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37.
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1st St. & Independence Ave. SE
Library of Congress
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January 1962
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38.
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Independence Ave. & 1st St. SE
|
January 1962
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39.
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1st St. & Independence Ave. SE
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January 1962
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40.
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Independence Ave. between 1st & 2nd St. SE
|
January 1962
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41.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 2nd St. SE
Library of Congress
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January 1962
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42.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 3rd St. SE
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January 1962
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43.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 4th St. SE
Looking Northwest
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January 1962
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44.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 7th St. SE
View through front windshield.
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January 1962
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45.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 8th St. SE
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January 1962
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46.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 10th St. SE
Former Soldiers and Sailors Home, on South side between 9th
& 10th.
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January 1962
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47.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 11th St. SE
|
January 1962
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48.
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Pennsylvania Ave. SE
"Yes, that black wisp is smoke - and where there was smoke, there was
fire. Why didn't it show?!" -- R. Hill
|
January 1962
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50.
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Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Courtesy of Don Galt.
|
January 1962
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51.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 14th St. SE
|
Summer 1961
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52.
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Pennsylvania & Potomac Ave. SE
|
Summer 1961
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53.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & 15th St. SE
|
January 1962
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55.
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Pennsylvania Ave. & Barney Circle SE
|
Summer 1961
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57.
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Barney Circle SE
|
January 1962
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58.
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Barney Circle SE
|
Summer 1961
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59.
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Barney Circle SE
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January 1962
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