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Houses on Valley Street, Anacostia, in the District of Columbia, about 1885.

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Houses on Valley Street, Anacostia, in the District of Columbia, about 1885.
Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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A Streetcar City: Washington, D.C., 1900		 A Streetcar City: Washington, D.C., 1900 — Growth of the Capital’s Suburbs


Houses on Valley Street, Anacostia
Currently on display
 From the Smithsonian Collection
This view shows new houses on Valley Street (now Valley Place) in Griswold's subdivision in the District of Columbia. Griswold's was laid out for the real-estate speculator H.A. Griswold in 1881 (with revisions in 1886 and 1894) on property he owned immediately adjacent to the earlier subdivision of Uniontown (Anacostia).
Physical Description
Photograph.
Details
Date Made:
about 1885
Locations:
Dist of Columbia
Related People, Places, and Events
Location of Photo
Washington, D.C. (1881)

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