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Day: July 26, 2012

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Washington, D.C., 1912. "Mrs. William E. Borah, (wife of) Senator from Idaho, in Baker Electric." Harris & Ewing glass negative. (Shorpy)

Mrs. Borah and Her Baker Electric Phaeton

Take a look at this photo from Shorpy. The woman in the car is Mary McConnell Borah. The wife of Idaho senator, William Borah, she was 42 years old at the time of this photo. Mary and William were married

The 2012 Nationals and the Ghost of Walter Johnson

This is a guest post by Rick. He also wrote a good one on the alley dwellings in Foggy Bottom. The District’s baseball fans are beginning to believe that the 2012 Nationals may actually make it into post-season play and

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Wow. Stunning Black and White Photo of the Capitol

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Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

Other Proposed Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

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Today's Featured Posts

What’s a Herdic Cab? What Did They Look Like?

D. Mullany's Saloon at 14th and E St. NW in 1913

Lost History: D. Mullany’s Saloon

If Walls Could Talk: Corte Salon and Arzo Boutique

1907 Baist map of Catholic University

1907 Map of Neighborhoods Around Catholic University

Really Old Pre-Civil War Photo of Washington

Takoma Park Bans Guns, Dogs, and Weeds

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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

Arlington House (Library of Congress)

Why Is It Named Arlington?

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