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Day: July 19, 2021

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The Frenchman’s Address to a Young Nation

This address to Americans by the Abbé Raynal was and is incredibly relevant and important to our country. Maybe even more so today.

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Washington Times pocket directory of apartments - 1914

1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent

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

1906 Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones

Exterior of old Pennsylvania Station, 6th & B Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., as it appeared in the 1880's showing street traffic in front and insert of interior

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in the 1880s

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

Real estate advertisement from 1920 (Washington Times)

Owning Your Own Apartment is Preferred to Owning Your House

Photo shows night view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., decorated with electric lights for the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Beautiful 1913 Night Photo of Pennsylvania Ave.

The Beatles play in the snow outside Washington Coliseum

Photos of The Beatles in Washington, D.C.

Murder Bay in 1855 (Smithsonian)

Murder Bay, the Rough-and-Tumble Lost Neighborhood

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Today's Featured Posts

1925 fire run with Barney, Gene and Tom

Three Things About the Last Three Fire Horses: Tom, Gene and Barney

Photo of Metro Center in 1973

What Did Metro Center Look Like Under Construction in 1973?

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Pension Office interior." This former repository of Civil War veterans' pension records is now the National Building Museum. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Awesome 1918 View Inside the Pension Building

1925 Washington Senators

Great Film Footage of 1925 World Series

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28th, 1963)

Incredible Crowd Photos from 1963 March on Washington

RFK Stadium

Baseball is Back at RFK Stadium in 1987

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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?

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

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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