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A Historical Look at the Old Post Office Pavilion, Now the Waldorf Astoria

Take a look at the Old Post Office Pavilion, now the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. Learn how the building's ownership and purpose have changed over the years.
The Cairo in 1906
Leaflet calling for funds to help complete the Washington Monument by John Carroll Brent in 1854 (Library of Congress)

Here is the lovely Old Post Office Pavilion, formerly the Trump Hotel and now the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Ave.

RU007355 - Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Old Post Office Pavilion in 1919 – Source: Smithsonian

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