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1909 Map of Southwest by the National Mall

1900s

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It’s sad to think of all the nice homes that were bulldozed to make way for the “modern” Southwest quadrant.

map of SW in 1909

READ: Map of Original Land Owners in Washington City

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"Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Va., 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounges." A sort of giant rolling jetway (mostly out of frame at left) that carried passengers at Dulles from terminal to plane. The stair truck supported the gangway. 120mm color transparency by Balthazar Korab.

Boarding a Flight at Dulles in the 1960s

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In Hotel Lobbies: Buffalo Bill at the Willard Hotel

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If Walls Could Talk: Home Rule

Locomotive and cars through the concourse (Photo courtesy of Trains magazine)

Runaway Train Crashes Through Union Station Lobby

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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

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The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

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Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

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

Murder Bay in 1855 (Smithsonian)

Murder Bay, the Rough-and-Tumble Lost Neighborhood

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Best of Ghosts of DC

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

Why Is It Called Chain Bridge?

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.

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

Metro Trains Were Almost Bright Red!

Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

OMG! Retro Metro … This Informercial is Amazing

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