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Rockville! The Washington Monument Is Plainly Visible From Its Highest Points

1890s, Rockville MD

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Check this out … a great old advertisement from 1890 in The Sunday Herald. See the Washington Monument from Rockville? Wow.

Rockville! advertisement in The Sunday Herald - May 4th, 1890 — Rockville! advertisement in The Sunday Herald – May 4th, 1890

READ: 1891 Washington Property Value Map

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