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Jim Page · (This post was last modified: 03-09-2013 12:22 PM by Jim Page.)

Hi, All--

Here, from the Shorpy.com website, is a 1919 view of an unidentified Washington, DC, alley. Please note the name on the wagon: P. Chaconas & Co.

[Image: ChaconasGroceryWagon1919_zps2a184888.jpg]

[Image: ChaconasGroceryWagon1919_zps2a184888.jpg]

Laurie, could this have a connection with our friend, Joan? No matter what, it's a cool photo!

Also from Shorpy.com is a photo, from 1915, of the grocery itself.

[Image: ChaconasGrocery_zps1d64826f.jpg]

[Image: ChaconasGrocery_zps1d64826f.jpg]

Here's the original caption:
"P.K. Chaconas Co. Market." Pictured: Proprietor George Chaconas, whose grocery ("fancy fruits and vegetables") was at 924 Louisiana Avenue N.W. More info on the man and his grocery here: http://www.shorpy.com/node/4607

Further info: The top photo just received this info on Shorpy.com regarding its location: The dome appears to be that of the Portland Flats apartment building that stood at Thomas Circle bounded by 14th Street and Vermont Avenue, NW.

It's therefore possible that the alley shown is the same one I posted photos of a couple of weeks ago, as that location is right past Thomas Circle off 14th Street and Vermont Avenue, NW.

Even Further info: A Shorpy.com member positively identified that alley as the same one where I took my photo. The building on the far right (you just see the corner of it) is the present-day Green Lantern Bar.

--Jim