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Posted In June 13, 2013

scenes from Rock Creek Park

Can You Identify These 1912 Photos of Rock Creek Park?

Take a look at these unique photos from 1912 and see if you can recognize today's Rock Creek Park. Can you identify these locations in the photos from the Library of Congress?

plane taxing to the runway at National Airport

Celebrating 72 Years of National Airport: The Opening Day and Three Little Known Facts

Celebrating National Airport's 72nd anniversary! Learn about the opening day in 1941, plus three little known facts about the beloved airport.

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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

Rayful Edmond

Rayful Edmond III: Washington D.C.'s Noted Drug Kingpin

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.

Exploring the City of Washington D.C. Around 1900

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1906 map showing the original boundary milestones of the District of Columbia

Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones From 1906

Anti-Saloon League slogan

March for Prohibition: "Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine"

Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

Now This is Cool: Check Out the Washington Times Pocket Directory of Apartments from 1914

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Shark Attacks in the Potomac in 1911?

Chain Bridge at the end of the Civil War (Library of Congress)

Where Washington's Historic Chain Bridge Gets Its Name

1921 map of Trinidad

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

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