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Eaton School children in the 1910s

Exploring the History of D.C. Public Elementary Schools: Janney, Gibbs, Eaton and Watkins

Learn about the history of D.C. public elementary schools Janney, Gibbs, Eaton and Watkins. We explore the background behind their names and the people they were named for.

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History Behind Lion Statues in House of Cards Opening Credits

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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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Robert Todd Lincoln Attends Dedication of Lincoln Memorial

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1895 Bird's Eye View of Brookland

AERIAL VIEW OF WEST/FRONT AND NORTH/SIDE FACADES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): VA-1272 Ball Building, 1437 N. Court House Road. VA-1273 Jesse Building, 1423-27 N. Court House Road. VA-1276 Jesse-Hosmer Building, 1419 N. Court House Road. VA-1275 Moncure (Adams, Porter, Radigan) Building, N. 1415 Court House Road. VA-1274 Rucker Building, N. 1403 Court House Road. - Lawyers' Row Block, North Court House Road between Fourteenth & Fifteenth Streets, Arlington, Arlington County, VA

A Trip Down Memory Lane - Exploring the "Lawyers' Row Block" in Arlington from the Early 1990s

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

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

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1886 Plan to Fill In and Build Over Rock Creek

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