Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1929, Page 106

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION-MARCH 17, 1929, SO LONG AGO These old stone and iron gates stood at the head of Executive avenue, between the Treasury, shown here, The Washington and the White House. And Pennsylvania avenue knew not the dependable hardness of asphalt. Monument looked = v like this. The date is 1878, just 30 years after the lay- ing of the corner stone by President Polk in 1848. It was finished in 1884. The street cars were a catch-as-catch-can mode of conveyance like this. And horse cars, as seen in rear, still provided much of the Most of downtown Washington was inundated by the waters of the great flood. Boating on the Mall service. was a popular pastime, as shown in this view with the Capitol dome in the background. The corner of Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue was a mere dumping ground for huge stone blocks as the Treasury Building was being construct- ed' © National Photo. The State De- partment of the United States Gov- ernment did busi- ness in this unpre- tentious brick building at Four- The railroad tracks for points south crossed Maryland teenth and S streets avenue at Sixth street southwest, and the guard gates were a northwest. feature of the landscape. Ford's Theater, where President Lincoln was assassinated, and buildings in the Tenth street row looked like this. Built in 1854, the old structure still stands as one of the city's oldest landmarks.