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1907 Silver Spring Park Advertisement

1900s, Silver Spring

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What a cool old advertisement for Silver Spring Park, printed in The Washington Times on July 14th, 1907.

1907 advertisement for Silver Spring Park

READ: Gas for Lighting and Heating: Buy Now, Pay Later

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Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

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Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

Murder Bay in 1855 (Smithsonian)

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Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent

February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

Anti-Flirt Club: Don’t Undress Me With Your Eyes

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