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Two girls view the cherry blossoms at night from the Tidal Basin, undated, Scurlock Studio. Scurlock Studio Records, c. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Neg. no. 2008-4935.

Exploring a Rare Photograph of the Washington Monument and Cherry Blossoms

Discover a rare photograph of the Washington Monument and cherry blossoms taken in the 1940s or 1950s. We dug this photo up in the Smithsonian Archives. Explore this beautiful picture!

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Washington, D.C. Mormon Temple from a distance (ldschurchtemples.com)

History of Washington's Mormon Temple

Maine Ave. SW 1865

A Look at Maine Ave. SW in 1865, Right Around the Time of President Lincoln's Assassination

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer

A Look Back at Defrees Alley in Washington D.C.

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1895 Bird's Eye View of Brookland

Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

Now This is Cool: Check Out the Washington Times Pocket Directory of Apartments from 1914

August 28, 1963. "Emancipator looking down on demonstrators. Participants in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial and massed along both sides of the Reflecting Pool, viewed from behind Abraham Lincoln statue." Photo by James K. Atherton for United Press International.

A Bird's Eye View of the 'I Have a Dream' Speech - An Incredible Photograph

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D.C. slums in 1935

What Is The History of Hell's Bottom?

AERIAL VIEW OF WEST/FRONT AND NORTH/SIDE FACADES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): VA-1272 Ball Building, 1437 N. Court House Road. VA-1273 Jesse Building, 1423-27 N. Court House Road. VA-1276 Jesse-Hosmer Building, 1419 N. Court House Road. VA-1275 Moncure (Adams, Porter, Radigan) Building, N. 1415 Court House Road. VA-1274 Rucker Building, N. 1403 Court House Road. - Lawyers' Row Block, North Court House Road between Fourteenth & Fifteenth Streets, Arlington, Arlington County, VA

A Trip Down Memory Lane - Exploring the "Lawyers' Row Block" in Arlington from the Early 1990s

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Rayful Edmond III: Washington D.C.'s Noted Drug Kingpin

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