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Edgewood [railroad] Station, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights [near Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

Edgewood [railroad] Station, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights [near Washington, D.C.], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Edgewood [railroad] Station, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights [near Washington, D.C.], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Edgewood [railroad] Station, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights [near Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Edgewood [railroad] Station, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights [near Washington, D.C.]

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A small railroad station at Edgewood, one square from West Chevy Chase Heights, marks this view as a suburban stop on the northwest edge of Washington. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year is unknown, but the area grew in the early twentieth century as rail and streetcar lines encouraged residential development beyond the city's core. Stations like this often served as the first public buildings in new neighborhoods, and their platforms and waiting rooms shaped how commuters reached the capital. The catalog data is unverified, so details of the station's construction and operation are best checked against railroad records.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--Stations; Geogr. (D.C. and/or Md.).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,053 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142360

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