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New 1936 Streetcar Map

1930s, streetcars

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Look at this great route map we uncovered from 1936. This shows the major streetcar routes in 1936.

1936 streetcar map

READ: Aerial View of Franklin Roosevelt's First Inauguration

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Prince George’s Plaza in 1959

Que Street NW between 27 and 28, "Bellevue" Rittenhouse home, built about 1750, was the home of Joseph Nourse and Washington was a frequent guest here - #544

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Fire and Explosions Threaten to Destroy Rosslyn

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Tysons Corner History, Formerly Peach Grove

Murder Bay in 1855 (Smithsonian)

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Photo shows night view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., decorated with electric lights for the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Beautiful 1913 Night Photo of Pennsylvania Ave.

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Today's Featured Posts

November 1942. Washington, D.C. "Southwest section. Two Negro boys." Large format negative by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information.

Amazing Photo of Two Boys in Southwest (1942)

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

Other Proposed Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

The New Hadleigh Apartments - August 9th, 1919 (Washington Times)

This Day in History: Birth of the Camden Roosevelt

3904 Legation St. NW

Chevy Chase Home: $15K to $1.1 Million in 93 Years

11th and L St. NW in the 1920s

Look at 11th Street NW Back in the 1920s

Then and Now: McPherson Square Building

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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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Best of Ghosts of DC

What Is the History of CIA’s Langley Headquarters?

The Three Sisters

Three Sisters Island Legend in the Potomac

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

1791 L'Enfant Plan of the new city

Why Is There No J Street in Washington, DC?

Really Old Pre-Civil War Photo of Washington

Maine Ave. SW 1865

Incredible 1865 Photo of the Capitol

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