Photograph of the District of Columbia Pound as illustrated in the Evening Star, September 15, 1912.
This file appears in: District of Columbia Pound and Stable: This pound was an important site in DC at the beginning of the 20th century, when stray dogs roamed the streets.
This file appears in: District of Columbia Pound and Stable: This pound was an important site in DC at the beginning of the 20th century, when stray dogs roamed the streets.
District of Columbia Pound and Stable: This pound was an important site in DC at the beginning of the 20th century, when stray dogs roamed the streets.
Completed in 1917, this rare type of municipal building, with its stable and later garage, was said to be “one of the best equipped institutions of its kind in the country.” The District Pound and…