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Exploring Washington D.C. History Through Postcards: The Connecticut Avenue Bridge, 1911

  • Published April 16, 2014
Connecticut Ave. Bridge
Relive Washington D.C. history with a look at this original postcard of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge in 1911. Check out the link to the Flickr collection for more postcards and read more on Wikipedia.
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One of our original readers, Ben, sent along a link to a great Flickr collection of D.C. postcards. You have to check them out. Below is one of our favorites, showing the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, looking south, in 1911.

Connecticut Ave. Bridge
Connecticut Ave. Bridge

Read up on the bridge on Wikipedia. There is some good background on the history there.

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Capitol Building after World War I Armistace Day (DC Public Library Commons)
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Exploring the Racist Real Estate Ad from 1911 for Fairlawn in Anacostia
Casino Royal Adult Theatre advertisement in the Washington Post - December 15th, 1977
The Rise and Fall of Washington's Red Light District in the 1970s and 80s
view southeast from the U.S. Capitol
An Amazing Photograph of the View Southeast from the U.S. Capitol in 1880

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