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Incredible Aerial Views of D.C. From Anacostia

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

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view of Washington from the east

view of Washington from the east

view of Washington from the east

READ: What F Street Looked Like in 1817

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Film Footage of Teddy Roosevelt Outside the White House

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Robert H. Muir's World War I Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

Robert H. Muir: Manager of The Cairo

View of Aqueduct Bridge and Rosslyn from Georgetown, ca. 1900. The American Brewery is located in upper right. (Arlington Public Library)

Fire and Explosions Threaten to Destroy Rosslyn

City of Washington, statistical maps / compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, July 1st 1880 ; compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, U.S. Eng'rs ... to accompany the annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30th 1880 ; Wm. T.O. Bruff, del., Eng'r Dept., D.C.

City of Washington Property Values Map From 1880

Mary Surratt Boarding House is Now a Chinese Restaurant

Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent

Sanborn Firemap of Columbia Heights in 1903 (LIbrary of Congress)

Old Columbia Heights: Where the Streets Have New Names

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Today's Featured Posts

Proposed design for the completion of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Unbuilt Proposed Design for Washington Monument (1877)

Irving Street Garage Co. advertisement in the Washington Times

Columbia Heights Had the Largest Fireproof Garage South of Philadelphia

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by D. McClelland, Blanchard & Mohun, Hugh B. Sweeny, and Thos. Blagden, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.

Incredible 1850s Map of Washington

1903 map of area around today's World Bank

The Area Around the World Bank in 1903

view of the Capitol Building in 1888

Bird’s Eye View of the Capitol from Post Office in 1888

Coldest Day Ever in Washington, DC at -15 Degrees Fahrenheit

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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

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

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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Best of Ghosts of DC

Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Wow. Stunning Black and White Photo of the Capitol

D.C.’s Diagonal Street Names, Letters, and Numbers

14th and Columbia

Photos of Columbia Heights After ’68 Riots

May 29, 1959. "Prince George Plaza, Hyattsville, Maryland. Night view." An actual mall (a long, open plaza) when it opened in 1959, the shopping center was enclosed in the 1970s and renamed the Mall at Prince Georges. Large-format safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho.

Prince George’s Plaza in 1959

Key Bridge under construction

Key Bridge Under Construction

The Three Sisters

Three Sisters Island Legend in the Potomac

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