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Published
December 26, 2013
A Rare Picture of the US Capitol Building from the 1920s
Check out this rare photo of the US Capitol Building from the 1920s! Thanks to GoDCer Mollie for sending this in. It's an amazing look at the Capitol during that time.
Petworth in the 1930s
A Rare Look at Union Soldiers Guarding the Potomac River in 1861
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Thanks to GoDCer Mollie for sending this in. It looks like a photo from sometime in the
1920s
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Capitol Building after an epic snowstorm
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