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Exploring a 1906 Coca-Cola Ad and the Dreyfus Affair

We love old ads here at Ghosts of DC and this is a great one from The Evening Star, printed on June 24th, 1906. Three weeks later, Alfred Dreyfus was exonerated, bringing an end to the Dreyfus Affair.

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

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Amazing View From Capitol Dome in 1863

August 28, 1963. "Emancipator looking down on demonstrators. Participants in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial and massed along both sides of the Reflecting Pool, viewed from behind Abraham Lincoln statue." Photo by James K. Atherton for United Press International.

A Bird's Eye View of the 'I Have a Dream' Speech - An Incredible Photograph

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Proposals

Three Sisters Bridge Across the Potomac Was Never Built

Washington, D.C., circa 1934. "Washington Monument. Capstone without lightning rods." 8x10 nitrate negative by Theodor Horydczak.

Amazing Photo of Washington Monument Apex

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History Behind Lion Statues in House of Cards Opening Credits

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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.

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1891 Map of Street Sweeping

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

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Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

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

Why Is It Named Reston?

Dulles Airport Opening Dedication Footage From 1962

Abraham Lincoln in Color

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