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Murders Committed, Trains Held Up, and Helpless Women Robbed, But Officers Do Nothing to Check Outlawry, for the "Crimes" Are in Moving Pictures.

Discover the 1911 story of Fort Myer, in Arlington, VA being used as a movie set for silent films. Murders, trains held up, and helpless women robbed - but it's just moving pictures! Learn more about this amazing story.

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March for Prohibition: "Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine"

A Striking Portrait of Lewis Powell: The Man Who Tried to Kill Secretary of State William Seward

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer

A Look Back at Defrees Alley in Washington D.C.

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Exploring an 1857 View of Washington, D.C. with the Smithsonian in the Distance

"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 There No J Street in Washington, DC?

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

Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones From 1906

streetcar entering Dupont Underground near end of construction in 1949 (theatlanticcities.com)

Taking a Tour of the Dupont Underground: Stepping Back in Time to 1955

Uncovering the History & Origin of Annandale, VA

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