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March 20, 2013
Grant Circle and Petworth in 1916
1916 map of Grant Circle and surrounding neighborhood of Petworth.
Exploring the Life of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge
An Amusing Moment Captured: The 7-Year-Old Newsboy Trying to Sell Newspapers in April 1912
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This is a set of maps from
1916
, showing a very different, and sparsely developed
Petworth
.
map of Grant Circle in
1916
map of Grant Circle in
1916
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