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Old Photo: Dupont Circle in 1900

1900s, Dupont Circle

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Here’s a great shot of Dupont Circle. You can clearly make out the Patterson House (now the Washington Club) in the background. What an amazing shot frozen in time.

Dupont Circle in 1900

READ: Epicenter of Macabre Tragedy in 1906: 14th and Monroe in Columbia Heights

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

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Prince George’s Plaza in 1959

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