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Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navyVisibility Zero Unless You Lend Your Binoculars to the Navy: Exploring the Posters of the WPAApr 30, 2014Pearl Ginsburg refused to have her boardinghouse rent raisedLife in a Washington Boarding House: Esther Bubley’s 1943 PhotosJan 6, 2014Austrian flagThe Washington Post Story of Austria Owing the District Back Taxes 50 Years AgoNov 8, 2013Friendship, the home of the McLean familyMcLean Gardens: From Hope Diamond Estate to WWII Worker Housing to Wisconsin Avenue CondosOct 16, 2013tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Ave. NWThe Strange Sight of World War II Tanks Parading Down Pennsylvania AvenueSep 24, 2013November 1942. Washington, D.C. "Southwest section. Two Negro boys." Large format negative by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information.A Look Back at Southwest Washington, D.C. Before the WarMar 7, 2013Photograph of President Truman and French President Charles de Gaulle, during welcoming ceremonies on the White House lawn, with officers saluting in the background. (August 22nd, 1945)Charles de Gaulle at the White House With Truman in August 1945Jan 30, 2013Street scene in Washington, D.C., winter of 1941-42. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Louise Rosskam, probably taken near the N and Union intersection of her other shots. Clues are the Chung Wah laundry at 1264, the J. Marucci barbershop and the A. Peterman clothing store.1942 Washington, in ColorDec 19, 2012Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Schoolboy volunteers to go from house to home collecting scrap paperSchoolboys Collecting Scrap Paper for WW2 Salvage Drive in Mount Pleasant, D.C.Dec 13, 2012
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