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Kennedy Throws Out First Pitch at 1962 All-Star Game

1960s, baseball, D.C. Stadium, John F Kennedy

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Check out this great photo from the 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was held at the new D.C. Stadium (now RFK).

Kennedy throwing out the first pitch in 1962

READ: 1966 Op-Ed by Congressman Donald Rumsfeld

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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by D. McClelland, Blanchard & Mohun, Hugh B. Sweeny, and Thos. Blagden, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.

Incredible 1850s Map of Washington

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Spanish Embassy on Dupont Circle in 1911

1903 map of area around today's World Bank

The Area Around the World Bank in 1903

Sanborn Firemap of Columbia Heights in 1903 (LIbrary of Congress)

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View from a Lockheed Elektra on approach to Washington National in 1967. The Watergate complex is under construction to the left and the Kennedy Center to the right.

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Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

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Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

Anti-Saloon League slogan

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Murder Bay in 1855 (Smithsonian)

Murder Bay, the Rough-and-Tumble Lost Neighborhood

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Metro Trains Were Almost Bright Red!

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Lincoln Memorial in 1917

Lincoln Memorial Originally Built on Marsh Land

August 28, 1963. "Emancipator looking down on demonstrators. Participants in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial and massed along both sides of the Reflecting Pool, viewed from behind Abraham Lincoln statue." Photo by James K. Atherton for United Press International.

Lincoln Memorial and “I Have a Dream”

In late 1959 through 1960, the Capitol Dome underwent a significant repair and restoration effort and at the end of 1959 the exterior of the Dome was surrounded by scaffold.

The Capitol Dome Was Once Red

Unbuilt Three Sisters Bridge Across the Potomac

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