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Policeman with Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park , 1866 uploaded June 2016
Interior view of the Smithsonian Institution, 1869 uploaded June 2016
Portrait of President William McKinley, 1901 uploaded June 2016
Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery, undated uploaded June 2016
Exterior view of Willard Hall, undated uploaded June 2016
Soldiers' homes, undated uploaded June 2016
Prominent Washington women in Food Administration uniforms, undated uploaded June 2016
View of the Washington Monument, undated uploaded June 2016
Long Bridge railroad tracks, undated uploaded June 2016
Graves at Arlington National Cemetery, undated uploaded June 2016
Chain Bridge, undated uploaded June 2016
View of Pennsylvania Avenue, undated uploaded June 2016
Old Capitol Prison, 1866 uploaded June 2016
War Department building, undated uploaded June 2016
United States Botanic Garden, 1867 uploaded June 2016

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Shoreham Hotel

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ceebee23 said:
Sad that such a fine building was razed for just another office block!
Streets of Washington said:
The old Shoreham was torn down in 1929, not 1974. See streetsofwashington.blogspot.com/2010/01/old-shoreham-hot...

Developer Harry Wardman replaced the building with the Shoreham office building, which now houses the Sofitel Lafayette Square Hotel.

This photo appears to date from early 1910. The rubble across the street is the result of the demolition of the old St. Matthew's Catholic Church. The lot is being cleared for construction of the Southern Building, designed by Daniel Burnham, which went up in 1911.
Melinda Young Stuart said:
Love the pile of rubble in front!
Great view.
rockcreek said:
Streets of Washington This comment was helpful to me this week - thanks!

Susan B. Anthony with seven other women

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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
This was taken just a few years before Anthony's passing; several of these suffrage leaders didn't live to see women get the vote in 1920. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), elsewhere in the Commons: Harriet Taylor Upton (1853-1945): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Taylor_Upton Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Chapman_Catt Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony Wonder who the other women were!
Christine Turner said:
Amazing women!
Mir Trasport said:
Не переживайте, папилломы есть у 80% людей живущих на земле. Попробуйте пропить Папиловир он успешно подавляет вирус-папилломы человека и не оставляет рубцов на месте бородавок!

White House

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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

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