DCPL Commons

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The last upload was June 2016.

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Washington Monument Under Construction

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  • Jim Hopkins said:
    That is just too cool!
  • rockcreek said:
    Many of the images in the E.B. Thompson collection are uncredited copies, and this is one of them - see: www.loc.gov/resource/pan.6a36324/

White House

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  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Charles Bell said:
    How did they do color in 1860? This is amazing. I bet the almost flat roof leaked like a lot of churches still do. Where are these statues now?? I really like the way the grounds used to look. It had dignity.
  • Silent Pull said:
    I think this was hand colored...
  • [ Noktor-Matic ] said:
    was this glass plate film? if it was then it was hand painted
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    The White House – Then and Now (150 years later)

    "White House (2007)"           by Ivan Makarov
    The White House


    "White House (c.1860)"     by E.B. Thompson
    White House
  • altamons said:
    Amazing shot you found here, and I like the way you compared it to modern. Nicely done! -- Seen in your shots. (?)

General Winfield Scott Hancock

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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Eric Hunt said:
    Yup, looks like your recent uploads all have tagging turned off.
  • Melinda Young Stuart said:
    One of Washington's many fine equestrian statues--
  • Melanie Renzulli said:
    There's a Starbucks in the ground floor of that building on the left. Just had a cappuccino there yesterday...
  • rockcreek said:
    Sad to see this project let go - you guys have a lot of great images to share.
  • rockcreek said:
    I'm still sad that Washingtoniana has given up on sharing its images online - if you don't want to post them here, will you consider sharing them over at Old Time DC? www.facebook.com/OldTimeDc Washingtonians are interested in your collection - please make it visible online!

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