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Day: May 20, 2012

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The Bee Gees Played the Capital Centre in 1979

Rolling Stone just broke the sad news that Bee Gees co-founder Robin Gibb died today, succumbing to cancer. In the late 70s, the Bee Gees were on top of the world, owning the music industry. The Washington Post wrote an

Mt. Pleasant homes advertisement in the Washington Times - April 19th, 1913

Mt. Pleasant: Where Realty Values Are Rapidly Advancing

Going to open houses today? Check this out. Here’s a great old advertisement from 1913. These are homes for sale in Mt. Pleasant, near the street car line. I’m not sure that these are still around because there doesn’t appear

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Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Wow. Stunning Black and White Photo of the Capitol

1967 Map of Unbuilt D.C. Highways

1890s Map of Diarrhea Deaths in Washington

Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent

Unbuilt Three Sisters Bridge Across the Potomac

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New Crestwood Home on Allison Street For Sale in 1922

Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

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Sidwell Friends girls' basketball team (1917)

Sidwell Friends Girls’ Basketball Team (1917)

Thomas Circle in 1943

Photo of Thomas Circle in 1943

Connecticut Avenue bridge wreck in 1925 (Shorpy)

Car Plunges Off Connecticut Avenue Bridge Killing Two

Senator Boies Penrose wrecks his Winton Six

Prohibition Officer Charged With Drunk Driving

Garfinckel’s Department Store in 1939

Abandoned Capitol Traction Company Powerhouse in 1967

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

Susan Ford gettin' down in the East Room with her date

Senior Prom at the White House

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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