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Day: February 13, 2014

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1839 print of Pennsylvania Ave.

In 1839, There Were Cows at 7th and Pennsylvania

Seriously. This city has come a long way from lost sheep and cows on Pennsylvania Ave. Check out this print from 1839. Source: Library of Congress

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

1906 map showing the original boundary milestones of the District of Columbia

1906 Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones

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City of Washington, statistical maps / compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, July 1st 1880 ; compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, U.S. Eng'rs ... to accompany the annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30th 1880 ; Wm. T.O. Bruff, del., Eng'r Dept., D.C.

City of Washington Property Values Map From 1880

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

Other Proposed Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

Snow's Court

The Changing Tides of Race in the District: The Case of Snows Court

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Sidwell Friends Girls’ Basketball Team (1917)

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1903 Map of National Mall’s East End

December 5, 1923. Probably Washington, D.C. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress.

Elephants on Parade

Traffic on I-66

What Is Nestoring?

Walter Johnson in 1907

The Time Walter Johnson Pitched 18 Innings in One Game!

Washington, D.C. Automobile store on 14th Street which has stock of frozen cars

Car Dealerships Prohibited From Selling During World War II

House Chamber of the Capitol circa 1908, with a quorum of ghosts in this time exposure.

U.S. House of Representatives in Better Days

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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

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

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)

Susan Ford gettin' down in the East Room with her date

Senior Prom at the White House

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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