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Posted In April 26, 2013

Policeman using mirror to direct traffic at 14th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue

A Fascinating Photograph from the 1920s of a Traffic Policeman Using a Rearview Mirror

Check out this amazing photograph from the Library of Congress, showing a traffic policeman at 14th and Pennsylvania, making use of a rearview mirror in the 1920s. Take a look and be mesmerized!

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What Is the History of CIA's Langley Headquarters?

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1917 Film Footage of 180-Mile Journey Down Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

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Dupont Circle metro

A Rare Look at the Dupont Circle Metro Station - Vintage Photos of Washington, D.C.

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.

Exploring Prince George's Plaza in the "Wonder Years" Era

In late 1959 through 1960, the Capitol Dome underwent a significant repair and restoration effort and at the end of 1959 the exterior of the Dome was surrounded by scaffold.

Remember the Red Capitol Dome? Here's Another Great View of It

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This Retro Metro Infomercial from the 1970s Is Amazing!

John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Pyramid with Porticoes Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

Unbuilt Wonders: The 1912 Alternative Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

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.

Shaw, Mt. Vernon Square, and Dupont Circle: A 19th-Century Property Value Comparison

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