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Photograph shows Carroll Row, a block of five houses at 1st & A Street, SE, razed in 1887 for construction of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Includes the sign "Architect."

Excellent View Down East Capitol from The Capitol Dome

That’s a really long title, but this is an awesome old photograph of Washington, from the air, taken on August 29th, 1924.

Washington, DC from the air in 1924

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1915 panorama of Washington, DC

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