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Pastoral View of Washington in the 1860s

1860s, Mathew Brady

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Take a look at this photograph. You should be able to make out the Old Patent Office in the background.

1860s view of Washington DC

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Smithsonian Institution Building from Pennsylvania Avenue in 1874

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