Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection

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12 Engine House - 567
1203 K Street, Henry W. Longfellow lived here - 655
131 B Street, S.E., William Jennings Bryan resided here while a member of Congress - 171
1321 K Street, John Sherman lived here - 652
1325 K Street, Edwin Stanton lived here - 608
13th Street north from G Street, Washington, D.C. - 1641
13th Street north from G Street, Washington, D.C. - 1730
14 Jackson Place, vice president Colfax lived here - 585
1413 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Thomas F. Bayard lived here - 661
1415 I Street, Justice Waite lived here - 594
1445 Massachusetts Avenue, Spencer F. Baird lived here - 662
14th Street site of new Commerce Building, Washington, D.C. - 264
14th Street, Washington, D.C. - 259
15th Street at New York Avenue, Washington, D.C. - 111
15th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. - 1713
15th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. - 1640
1601 K Street, home of Admiral George Dewey - 507
1601 K Street NW, the home of Admiral George Dewey - 114
1603 K Street, William H. Taft resided here - 579
17 and B, N.W., Pan American Union composed of 21 republics of North and South America. Andrew Carnegie contributed $750,000 toward the erection of this building - 128

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Title
Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection
Date Created
1903-01-01
Abstract
The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection is comprised of original photographic postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas from the 1910s to 1930s.

Photographer Willard R. Ross (1860-1948) moved to the district around 1910, where he became a postcard photographer specializing in “hometown” views. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains some images of Washingtonians, including many images of the adventures of the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his postcard images which are used as the item titles.
City
Washington, D.C.
Subject
Architecture
Streets
Social life
Neighborhoods
Type
Postcards
Rights Information
Ross postcard images are in the public domain.