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The Harrison Grandchildren on a Goat Cart at the White House

1890s, Benjamin Harrison, Frances Benjamin Johnston, South Lawn, The White House

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Here is something you are highly unlikely to see today. Kids on the South Lawn, riding a goat cart. Quaint.

Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart — Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children–Baby McKee and sister on goat cart

READ: 1891 Map of Washington's Street Lamps

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Drawings of Proposed I-95 Through D.C.

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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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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.

1967 Map of Unbuilt D.C. Highways

1891 Map of Street Sweeping

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Mary Surratt Boarding House is Now a Chinese Restaurant

aftermath of the 1929 White House fire

Aftermath of the 1929 West Wing Fire

a proposed map of the federal district in Washington (1970)

1970 Plan to Cede D.C. Land to Maryland

Rosslyn City, the Brooklyn of Washington - 1889

Rosslyn: The Brooklyn of Washington

USSS badge

Secret Service Agent Robs Maryland Bank

Orange and Alexandria Railroad Roundhouse

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Why Is It Named Trinidad?

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

1830 Georgetown Map

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

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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Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

Chain Bridge at the end of the Civil War (Library of Congress)

Why Is It Called Chain Bridge?

Walter Johnson in 1939

What Did Walter Johnson’s Voice Sound Like? Listen To This 1939 Senators Broadcast.

August 28, 1963. "Emancipator looking down on demonstrators. Participants in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial and massed along both sides of the Reflecting Pool, viewed from behind Abraham Lincoln statue." Photo by James K. Atherton for United Press International.

Lincoln Memorial and “I Have a Dream”

Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent

Maine Ave. SW 1865

Incredible 1865 Photo of the Capitol

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