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The last upload was June 2016.

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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U.S. General Post Office Department building, undated

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wclaytong said:
Those are the North and West facades (elevations) of the Old General Post Office (currently Hotel Monaco) as the U.S. Patent building (now Smithsonian Portrait Gallery) sits North of the Old Post Office. Because the Patent building is twice as wide as the Post Office, the photographer standing near its grounds keeper is viewing the North and West facades as she/he looks in the southeast direction.

Old Capitol Prison

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Michael Donovan said:
And it was were the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination were held before their execution,

View of the Mall

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wclaytong said:
This was taken from Arlington Experimental Farms rather than St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The tower of the Old Post Office is visible to the left of the Washington Monument and the Capitol to its right - an orientation that requires viewing from West of the Mall. Viewing from St. Elizabeth's (south of the Mall) the Post Office would be between the Monument and Capitol building. An image search for USDA Arlington Experimental Farm returns an almost identical view. The Pentagon was first proposed to be built on this site which is how it came to have a 5 sided design.