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1892 Map of Logan Circle

Published October 8, 2014

Posted in GoDCers Love Maps
and tagged 1890s, Iowa Circle, Logan Circle

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Check out this awesome old map of Logan Circle (Iowa Circle then) in 1892.

1892 map of Logan Circle

Source: Dig DC

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