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May 11, 2015
1939 Tourist Footage of Washington
Check out this great film footage of Washington, D.C. from back in 1939.
Overturned Bus in Petworth, Washington D.C. (1921) - A Reminder of the Bus System's Early Days
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Check out this great film footage of
Washington, D.C.
from back in
1939
.
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