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Incredible Aerial Views of D.C. From Anacostia

Published April 3, 2013

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1960s, Anacostia

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Here is a great series of photographs, showing Washington in the 1960s, as viewed from the east.

view of Washington from the east

view of Washington from the east

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view of Washington from the east

view of Washington from the east

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Suffrage open air meeting at the National Capitol demanding that Congress pass the National woman suffrage amendment-- Feb. 1913. Corner Penn. Ave. and 15th St. where the Washington Hotel now stands.

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Film of 1968 Washington Riots

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7th and G St. in the Summer of 1911

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