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Uncovering the Past: A Look at a Historic Map from the Harvard University Online Archives

  • Published March 7, 2014
Explore a piece of history with a fascinating map from the Harvard University online archives. Take a look back to explore the District of Columbia in the late 1800s.
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Here’s a cool map that we dug up in the Harvard University online archives.

Base map of the District of Columbia showing public and zoning areas / base prepared in the Office of the Surveyor, D.C., by direction of the Engineer Commissioner, D.C.
Base map of the District of Columbia showing public and zoning areas / base prepared in the Office of the Surveyor, D.C., by direction of the Engineer Commissioner, D.C.

Source: Harvard College Library

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A Look at the Dupont Circle Building from the Air in the 1930s
1903 map of Foggy Bottom
Explore DC in 1903: A Map of the Department of State Location

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