Category Archives: 1920s

Washington DC 1920s Maps

Reason # 27 why I heart the Internet:

The maps. Oh, the maps…

Map of Washington DC from 1892 from the Engineer Corps
Map of Washington DC from 1892 from the Engineer Corps
Washington DC streetcar map from 1891
Washington DC streetcar map from 1891
The Mall and Vicinity of Washington DC, dated 1917
The Mall and Vicinity of Washington DC, dated 1917
Baltimore and Ohio train map of Washington DC, dated 1936
Baltimore and Ohio train map of Washington DC, dated 1936
1929 Bird's Eye View of Washington DC
A Bird’s Eye View of Washington DC from 1929

Especially the one featured from Washington DC in the 1920s. It’s from a survey done by “G. Wm. Baist, Wm. E., & H.V. Baist, surveyors” and is amazing.

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Blagden and Shepherd Alley - Washington DC, 1920

First Air Mail Flight, 1918

First Air Mail Flight 1918 with Woodrow Wilson and pilotsAs easily distracted as I am by ceiling fans and shiny objects, I’ve stopped working on the jester story and have started working on my YA novel about a girl from Nebraska in the 1920s who becomes an air mail pilot, and these videos about the first air mail flight have been amazing.

Have I mentioned how fun research has been for this project?

I heart the Internet. So, so much.

Videos of the First Air Mail Flight…

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