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A Painting from 1860 of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC

Published June 22, 2012

A painting from 1860 shows Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC before the Civil War, with a view of the incomplete Capitol dome. See the amazing painting and related articles here.

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Drawing shows a woman and child exiting the telegraph office, and the National Hotel, at Pennsylvania and 6th Street, NW, as carriages and people move up and down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. The view is toward the Capitol, with its incomplete dome by A. Miller in 1860. (Library of Congress)

Here’s a great painting from 1860, looking down Pennsylvania Ave. It’s a similar view to the photo we posted last night, just a couple of years later, when the country was on the brink of civil war.

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1860s, Pennsylvania Ave. NW

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