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Electricity: The Most Modern Light and Power

Tagged 1900s

Lincoln Memorial in 1917

Lincoln Memorial Originally Built on Marsh Land

Streetcar decorated with safety slogans (1922)

Death Runs His Hands at a Careless Man!

LBJ throws out first pitch

President Johnson and Opening Day 1967

Hanging at Ft. Granger of William O Williams and Gip Peters Harper’s Weekly July 4 1863

Secesh Spies in a Union Tour

Scott Circle

Aerial View of Scott Circle

Kennedy and the National Symphony Orchestra

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What an awesome advertisement in the Washington Times. This is from Sunday, January 28th, 1906.

January 28th, 1906 - Washington Times — January 28th, 1906 – Washington Times

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Inauguration ball, Monday evening, March 6, 1865. Admit one gentleman and two ladies.

Lincoln’s Inaugural Ball: Admit One Gentleman and Two Ladies

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map of SW in 1909

1909 Map of Southwest by the National Mall

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The Looking Glass

If Walls Could Talk: The Looking Glass Lounge

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Washington DC proposed plan of public buildings. Copy of drawing.

Proposed Buildings on the Mall Near Capitol

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Whittemore House in 1900

Photos of the Whittemore House in 1900

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Shark Attacks in the Potomac in 1911?

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Nov 1982 | Crews work to complete the building of the tunnel near Forest Glen Station.

Vintage Washington Metro Construction Photos

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Colorized Photo of Lewis Powell, Lincoln Conspirator

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1916 Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free." Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W. (Shorpy)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

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1891 Map of Street Sweeping

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February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

Anti-Flirt Club: Don’t Undress Me With Your Eyes

July 16, 2012

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