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Cool 1909 Map of Capitol Building and Southeast

Published August 12, 2013

Posted in GoDCers Love Maps
and tagged 1900s, Capitol Hill

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We love these old Baist maps.

1909 Baist map of Capitol Hill

Source: Library of Congress

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