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Taking off from the South Lawn (Smithsonian)

When Did the President Start Using a Helicopter?

Check out the video of the landing tests they performed on the White House South Lawn in 1957.

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14th St. in Columbia Heights

What Did Columbia Heights Look Like After the 1968 Riots?

D.C. slums in 1935

What Is The History of Hell's Bottom?

Rayful Edmond

Rayful Edmond III: Washington D.C.'s Noted Drug Kingpin

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Nov 1982 | Crews work to complete the building of the tunnel near Forest Glen Station.

Revisiting the Construction of the Washington DC Metro

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)

A Look at the Amazing Anti-Flirt Club and Their "Anti-Flirt Week" from 1923

Lincoln Memorial in 1917

A Rare Look Back: The Lincoln Memorial in 1917 During Construction

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Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Exploring the City of Washington D.C. Around 1900

soldiers rolling through Washington on trucks

Pictures Tell a Story: Exploring a 1918 Photo of WWI Soldiers in DC

City of Washington, statistical maps / compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, July 1st 1880 ; compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, U.S. Eng'rs ... to accompany the annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30th 1880 ; Wm. T.O. Bruff, del., Eng'r Dept., D.C.

Shaw, Mt. Vernon Square, and Dupont Circle: A 19th-Century Property Value Comparison

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