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Nick Altrock

A Major League Player from Columbia Heights: The Life and Career of Nick Altrock

Learn about Nick Altrock, former Major League baseball player who gained fame pitching for the Chicago White Sox in 1906, helping them win the World Series.

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Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Exploring the City of Washington D.C. Around 1900

Maine Ave. SW 1865

A Look at Maine Ave. SW in 1865, Right Around the Time of President Lincoln's Assassination

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Washington Was Originally Named Rome, Maryland

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1935 map of D.C. juvenile delinquents

1935 Map of Juvenile Delinquents in Washington

Walter Johnson in 1939

Hear the Voice of Walter Johnson, The Greatest Pitcher of All Time

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Awesome Old Pan Am Advertisements

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streetcar entering Dupont Underground near end of construction in 1949 (theatlanticcities.com)

Taking a Tour of the Dupont Underground: Stepping Back in Time to 1955

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Why Is It Named Ballston?

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Never-Built Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge

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