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North boundry stone near Silver Spring, Maryland

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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Jerry McCoy said:
    The exact date that this photograph was taken was on June 13, 1916 when the iron fence surrounding the northeast #1 boundary stone was dedicated by the Mary Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The barn in the background sits on the estate "Silver Spring," residence at the time of the dedication of Maryland Senator Blair Lee. The stone disappeared around September 1952. A bronze plaque marking the stone's location was dedicated on January 12, 1961 and set into the sidewalk in front of the business at 7847 Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. Additional photographs of this particular boundary stone appear in "Historic Silver Spring" by Jerry A. McCoy (Arcadia Publishing, 2005).
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Northeast Boundary Stone 1 – Then and Now (90 years later)

    As sshistory wrote, above, this is (likely) not the "North boundry [sic] stone" as originally captioned, rather it likely was "Northeast Boundary Stone 1". (A 2005 photo of the actual "North Boundary Stone" is included below.)

    As the original stone was accidentally bulldozed and removed during the construction of the storefront in September 1952, this photograph of the original Northeast boundary stone is historic.

    To see a Google map with photographs of 38 of the original 40 boundary stones, and GPS coordinates, click here.


    "DC Northeast Boundary Stone 1 (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann
    DC Northeast Boundary Stone 1
    Plaque marking the location of DC Boundary
    Stone Northeast Mile 1, in front of a small store,
    7847 Eastern Avenue (northwest of intersection
    with Georgia Avenue) in Silver Spring, Maryland.


    "North boundry stone near Silver Spring, Maryland (c.1916)" by E.B. Thompson
    North boundry stone near Silver Spring, Maryland


    [Actual] "DC North Boundary Stone (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann
    DC North Boundary Stone
  • Lú_ said:
    This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org post Photo Contest: D.C. Then & Now. Best of luck to all the entrants -- wish I could be one too!

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  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!

Harvey's Oyster House

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Interior view of the Smithsonian Institution, 1869

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  • rockcreek said:
    Happy to see this account active again after so long! Where was this view taken?
  • DCPL Commons said:
    Hi rockcreek, working on getting descriptions in! This is a Smithsonian Insitution gallery, 1869.
  • Jazz Guy said:
    Most people don't realize that you don't need a stereoscope to view photos like this in 3D. Just fill the screen with the photo, place your head a close distance from the screen, relax your eyes and you'll see a third frame in-between the two that will appear in 3D.

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