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1879 Ad for “Asbestos” Liquid Paints

1870s

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… And, it can be applied by the most inexperienced painter. Great news!

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READ: Cool 1929 American Express Advertisement

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Notice the decked/tunneled section south of Fort Totten, then the over 90-degree turn to the east, then the decked/tunneled section between Galloway Street and Gallatin Street, with the Metrorail Glenmont Route (Red Line trains) following the North Central Freeway (I-95 south of Fort Totten and I-70S north of Fort Totten), and with the Metrorail Greenbelt Route (Green Line trains) following the Northeast Freeway (I-95 east of Fort Totten). The area between Galloway Street and Gallatin Street where the Northeast Freeway was proposed was mostly open fields then and still is now.

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advertisement for homes in 1907

Mt. Pleasant Real Estate Advertisement from 1907

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Exterior of old Pennsylvania Station, 6th & B Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., as it appeared in the 1880's showing street traffic in front and insert of interior

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in the 1880s

Metro Trains Were Almost Bright Red!

National Archives building in 1933

Skeleton of National Archives Building in 1933

Aerial view of Alexandria, Virgina taken in the 1980s.

1980s Aerial Photo of Alexandria

President and Mrs. Wilson (March 20th, 1920)

White House Chauffeur Francis H. Robinson

Real estate advertisement from 1920 (Washington Times)

Owning Your Own Apartment is Preferred to Owning Your House

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

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Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

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Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

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Walter Johnson in 1939

What Did Walter Johnson’s Voice Sound Like? Listen To This 1939 Senators Broadcast.

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Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

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construction of Memorial Bridge

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