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A Rare Look at Warder Mansion in 1937

Take a rare look at Warder Mansion in 1937 – this castle-like building was much greener then with ivy growing on it and far more shrubbery. Check out the photo from Library of Congress.

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Who Was Frank Morris? He Escaped Alcatraz.

11th and Kenyon St. NW in 1951

A Look Back at Columbia Heights in 1951: A Photo of 11th and Kenyon St. NW

Pearl Ginsburg refused to have her boardinghouse rent raised

Photos of 1940s Boarding House Living in DC

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Dulles Airport tower being built

Dulles Airport Opening Dedication Footage From 1962

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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View of Aqueduct Bridge and Rosslyn from Georgetown, ca. 1900. The American Brewery is located in upper right. (Arlington Public Library)

Fire and Explosions Threaten to Destroy Rosslyn

View of Washington from Georgetown in 1801

A Foreigner's Impressions of Washington in 1799

City of Washington, statistical maps / compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, July 1st 1880 ; compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, U.S. Eng'rs ... to accompany the annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30th 1880 ; Wm. T.O. Bruff, del., Eng'r Dept., D.C.

Shaw, Mt. Vernon Square, and Dupont Circle: A 19th-Century Property Value Comparison

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A Look at the Amazing Anti-Flirt Club and Their "Anti-Flirt Week" from 1923

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