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Published
December 12, 2013
A Glimpse into the Past: An Incredible Photo from the 1950s.
Relive the past with this incredible photo from the 1950s, showing a crowd on the Watergate steps watching a performance on a barge at the edge of the Potomac River.
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Wow, what a cool old photo from the
1950s
.
Crowd on Watergate steps watching performance on barge at edge of Potomac River (ca.
1956
). Burdell Wright, Jr. Photograph Collection
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