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Spring Valley Baist real estate map in 1913

From a GoDCer: Miller-Built Homes in Spring Valley

Jul 25, 2012

I received the following email the other day from a GoDCers up near AU Park and Spring Valley. Hello, I love your website. Thank you for...

Tribute to Abner Doubleday at Arlington Cemetery. Left to right: Clark Griffith, President of the Washington Club, Joe McCarthy, Manager of the N.Y. Yankees and Manager Bucky Harris, Manager of the Washington Senators - April 17th, 1939 (Library of Congress)

Tribute to Abner Doubleday at Arlington Cemetery

May 10, 2012

Yes, it is true that Abner Doubleday's true role in the birth of baseball is highly disputed, but that didn't matter during the 1939...

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State, War and Navy Building

View of the State, War and Navy Building From the Rose...

Mar 19, 2013

Photo shows a man and a boy in summer straw hats happily displaying some unidentifiable papers on F Street, with the Treasury and a new electric hooded arc streetlight in the background. One of a series of scenes near Painter's office at 14th and E streets, this picture bears the hallmarks of the new "snapshot" style now made possible by the invention of the quick, hand-held Kodak: natural smiles and the movement of the ladies under the umbrella.

Photo of Man and Boy Outside Treasury in 1885

Sep 28, 2016

Washington, D.C. Ex-Confederate iron-clad ram Stonewall at anchor; U.S. Capitol in the background

Wow … Ex-Confederate Ironclad Anchored in Washington

Jul 22, 2013