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This is possibly H.E. Elphinstone of the Cross-Country Club, Baltimore. According to the New York Times June 13, 1909 article, Y.M.C.A. Boy Wins Marathon, he came in second in the 1909 Washington Marathon.

Unusual name, he must somehow be related to the terrible British general Elphinstone, whose actions led to British Army massacre in Afghanistan, as described in the novel "Flashman" by George MacDonald Fraser, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Keith_Elphinstone

I saw this print recently (MLK Library, perhaps?) and loved it. Great shot. Can anyone tell me where this is? What building that is? What streets/intersection this is? Thanks.

Ivan Sciupac: That's a tough one. I wandered around with Google Streetview to try to find the building and, frankly, trying to find a columned building in Washington is like trying to find a snowflake in Aspen. However, the double-columned style is fairly unique while bearing a resemblance to many of the buildings around the Federal Archives. Still, I had no luck. Maybe somebody with more time than I have could use Google Streetview to find it by following the old trolley routes: Wikipedia: Streetcars in Washington D.C..

Thanks, pixeljones. Nice analogy! I might just try walking around the area and see what I can find. Actually, now that I look at it in a larger size, I'm reminded of 17th Street with the building possibly being OEOB? I think I might be right about this. At least, it's possible. Look at the MAP. The Red "Washington and Georgetown" Line crossed in front of the White House and went up Pennsylvania.

...and David Jone's original department store - survived till the early 80's i think.

There's a mid-1950s photo on the State records collection's photo stream; see www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2687730613/

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I think this is looking east near the Ward Avenue intersection. Cable trams ran between 1894 and 1905 from King Street wharf to Ocean Street Edgecliff. On Bayswater Road the trams were city bound only, hence only one set of tracks in this photo. More info: www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccoznz.html#syd One of this line's trailing cars is in the Powerhouse Museum: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=207898&...

I think I have this the wrong way round - the tram is travelling away from us on an "outbound" trip. The "inbound" was via Upper William Street South.

That is a 'Trailing Car' with the 'Dummy' in front, exactly as the preserved cable tram car in the Powerhouse Museum - www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=207898 I recently found this 1895 Sydney map (interactive) which clearly shows the odd loop at Bayswater Road. This photo was taken about where the "Y" in Bayswater is. www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=0...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164032727/16886481 - the Sydney Mail, 25th January, 1905...'The Last of the Tram Cable Service'...

great to see a photo from my home town on my 1st look at 'commons' specially seeing the source, my mum worked at A T L

Fantastic! -- Courtney

Love seeing old photographs - fantastic to think people can now enjoy them for as long as the internet lasts.