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Day: April 15, 2019

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Smithsonian Castle in 1856

What a lovely old photo of the Smithsonian Castle in 1856. Click on it for incredible details.

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1906 map showing the original boundary milestones of the District of Columbia

1906 Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones

OMG! Retro Metro … This Informercial is Amazing

Why Is It Named Ballston?

February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

Anti-Flirt Club: Don’t Undress Me With Your Eyes

Really Old Pre-Civil War Photo of Washington

Policeman using mirror to direct traffic at 14th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue

Excellent Photo of Traffic Cop at 14th and Penn.

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Today's Featured Posts

1888 Map of Lung Disease Death

angry monkeys are scary

Escaped Monkey Spreads Terror in East Riverdale

Map of Thomas Circle in 1888

Riggs Bank - the Dept. of Justice for A.P.A.

Riggs Bank Photo Dated November 14th, 1888

Riggs Bank and The Department of Justice in 1888

Peacock Alley in the Willard Hotel

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

Susan Ford gettin' down in the East Room with her date

Senior Prom at the White House

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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