[D.C. - Wash. - 2 men in Haynes auto coupe talking to Traffic policeman at intersection of 14th & Penna. Ave.; Willard Hotel in background]

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Two men sit in a Haynes coupe at a busy Washington corner, stopped at the intersection of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to talk with a traffic policeman. The Willard Hotel rises in the background, a well-known landmark of the district that drew travelers and politicians to the capital. Haynes cars were built in Kokomo, Indiana, and this photograph, dated around 1910, shows early motorcars sharing crowded city streets with horse-drawn traffic. Worth noticing is the officer, since directing traffic at intersections was still a relatively new job in American cities.

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