Truck farmers’ stands in the shed at Union Terminal Market, 1940s.
Union Terminal Market near the railroad became the city’s largest food wholesaler and farmers’ mar- ket in 1931, when Center Market closed downtown to make way for the Federal Triangle. A Dutch immigrant named Uline opened an ice business nearby and later built Uline Arena to present ice hockey, basketball, and other public events. By the 1930s H Street bustled with shops, restau- rants, and professional o ces r un by Jewish, Ital- ian, Lebanese, Greek, Irish, and African American families. Many of them lived nearby or above their stores. Most businesses served all customers — unlike those in downtown DC where African Americans met discrimination.
Dr. Granville Moore, seen with his children Judith and Granville, Jr., in 1952, treated patients on H St. for more than 50 years.
Among the small Jewish H St. businesses of the 1920s was the Love family’s Reliable Shoe Store.
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