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1917 Film Footage of 180-Mile Journey Down Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Check out this fascinating film footage of a trip down the C&O Canal.

View of four boats in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal lined up to cross the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge. The boats are owned by the Canal Towage Co. (misspelled "Towace). The postcard's reverse is stamped "Sunday Magazine April 16, 1933."

A Look at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1909

Get a glimpse of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1909! View a photo of four boats crossing the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge owned by the Canal Towage Co. Learn more here.

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May 29, 1959. "Prince George Plaza, Hyattsville, Maryland. Night view." An actual mall (a long, open plaza) when it opened in 1959, the shopping center was enclosed in the 1970s and renamed the Mall at Prince Georges. Large-format safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho.

Exploring Prince George's Plaza in the "Wonder Years" Era

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

Tysons Corner history: What it looked like in 1936

What Is The History of Tysons Corner?

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History of Washington's Suburbs

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Shark Attacks in the Potomac in 1911?

Dulles Airport tower being built

Dulles Airport Opening Dedication Footage From 1962

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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.

President Reagan signing National Minimum Drinking Age Act into law

History of the Drinking Age in Washington, D.C.

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Who Were the Original Land Owners in Washington, DC?

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