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B Street facade of Center Market, Washington, D.C.

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B Street facade of Center Market, Washington, D.C.
Washingtoniana Division, D.C. Public Library

IN CONTEXT

This object appears in the following sections:


A Streetcar City: Washington, D.C., 1900		 A Streetcar City: Washington, D.C., 1900 — Center Market

RELATED OBJECTS
A stall inside Center Market, Washington, D.C.
A stall inside Center Market, Washington, D.C.


Center Market postcard
Center Market postcard


Shoppers buying from a line of farm wagons
Shoppers buying from a line of farm wagons


Center Market, Washington, D.C.
Currently on display
 Not a part of the official Smithsonian Collection
Physical Description
Photograph. The photograph shows the B Street side of Market Center at the corner of 7th Street and B Street where farmers could rent stalls or drop off their produce to the vendors inside. Twenty years after this photograph, the market was surrounded by motor trucks instead of horse-drawn wagons.
Details
Date Made:
about 1900
Locations:
Dist of Columbia
Related People, Places, and Events
Location of market
Washington, D.C.

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