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Published
March 20, 2013
Grant Circle and Petworth in 1916
1916 map of Grant Circle and surrounding neighborhood of Petworth.
A Look Back at the 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at the D.C. Stadium
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This is a set of maps from
1916
, showing a very different, and sparsely developed
Petworth
.
map of Grant Circle in
1916
map of Grant Circle in
1916
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