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Posted In April 28, 2014

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Reader Appreciation: Incredible Photos of Washington, DC in 1950

We love getting notes from readers like that! Here's a special post of appreciation, with incredible photos of Washington, DC as it looked in 1950.

Our national capital, viewed from the South

Incomplete Washington Monument in Wood Engraving from 1882

We found this cool wood engraving from 1882, meant to depict the National Mall looking from the South. In the image, you can see buildings like the Smithsonian Institution in the lower middle.

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Uncovering the History & Origin of Annandale, VA

Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Exploring the City of Washington D.C. Around 1900

John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Pyramid with Porticoes Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

Unbuilt Wonders: The 1912 Alternative Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

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1895 Bird's Eye View of Brookland

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1917 Film Footage of 180-Mile Journey Down Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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Amazing View From Capitol Dome in 1863

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View of Washington from Georgetown in 1801

A Foreigner's Impressions of Washington in 1799

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Exploring an 1857 View of Washington, D.C. with the Smithsonian in the Distance

President Reagan signing National Minimum Drinking Age Act into law

History of the Drinking Age in Washington, D.C.

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