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Detail of the 1932 map around Washington, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Baltimore and Annapolis, with red routes and Roman numeralsMap of George Washington’s Travels: National Geographic, 19322 min readSeated woman at a desk with a ledger shakes hands with a woman in a hat while six other women look on in a police office.A DC Policewoman Went to the Dance “all dolled up,” and a Liquor Raid Followed7 min readEpisodeThe two-story brick Columbia fire engine house on St. Asaph Street in Alexandria, with twin arched engine doors, a large arched window and a brick bell tower, about 1918 to 1920.The Secondhand Fire Engine Behind Old Town’s Columbia Firehouse6 min readColorized 1964 photo of a man in a dark suit and bow tie watching an older Black woman in a plaid dress and head scarf arrange vegetables, with bushel baskets of green beans, cabbages and potatoes, under a market shedUnion Market Was Built on an Old Army Camp and Circus Lot16 min readEpisode
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Harry Houdini in a suit and bow tie, cropped to show his head and shoulders.Houdini’s Straitjacket Escape Above 15th and G Streets, 1922The 26-story Skyline Plaza in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, present dayThe Skyline Plaza Collapse: 14 Workers Killed at Bailey’s Crossroads, 1973The Rotonda McLean main entrance fountain on Greensboro Drive with two of the curved condo towers in the backgroundThe Rotonda McLean: Tysons Corner’s Original Condo IslandCenter Market in Washington D.C. around 1909, with the 7th Street wing and corner tower.Center Market: Before the National Archives
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Iranian Embassy December 1979The Abandoned Iranian Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue17 min read1860s photograph of the US Capitol with the Washington City Canal in the foregroundBefore It Was Washington, D.C., This Land Was Called Rome4 min readAI-colorized historical photograph of shops, gas pumps, and a yellow stop sign at the rural Tysons Corner crossroadsWho Was the Tyson Behind Tysons Corner?2 min readMeridian Hill Park: The History Behind the Terraces13 min read