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Eastern Boundary Stone – Then and Now (85 years later)

As might be expected there are few changes in 85 years. This stone is located 100 feet southeast of the intersection of Eastern and Southern Avenues. To see a Google map with photographs of 38 of the original 40 boundary stones, and GPS coordinates, click here.

 
"DC East Boundary Stone (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann


 
"Eastern Boundary Stone (c.1920)" by E.B. Thompson

 

Ford's Theatre – Then, Then and Now (100+ years later)

Restoration work was underway during much of 2007-08 in preparation for the re-opening ceremony on February 12, 2009, which commemorated Lincoln's 200th birthday. An earlier photograph when the building was originally a church is included.

"Ford's Theatre (2009)"  by Sam           "Ford's Theatre (c.1890)" by EB Thompson
             

 
"Old First Baptist Church (c.1860)" by brownpau


 
Ford's Theatre Renovations – Exterior and Interior – 2007-2008
       
   Exterior               Interior                       Stage
 

Its lovely to see this building as it is now, thanks for the pic Px Wrangler.

Great photo pls consider adding this to www.flickr.com/groups/fordstheatre/

Info on Pauline from the Presidential pet museum: www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/Pets/Pauline_Wayne.htm

Here is another photo of the cow, but the spots don't look the same to me! What's the story? Is one of the images actually reversed, so we're really seeing the cow's other side? Or is one the PREVIOUS presidential cow, Mooly Wooly? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cow-taft.jpg Thanks for this photo, by the way, it was a big thrill for me. I'm from Wisconsin, and my grandfather shook hands with president Taft in 1912 when Taft visited Appleton, Wisconsin. Grandpa was ten years old. The president suddenly turned to him and said, "Little boy, how would you like to shake hands with the president of the United States?" Big turning point and influence on my grandfather's life. When George Bush came to Appleton, the Post-Crescent newspaper declared it was the first time a "sitting president" had come to town. My grandfather straightened the newspaper out, which was duly acknowledged in a follow up article. Pauline was from Kenosha, Wisconsin. The original detailed New York Times newspaper article about Pauline can be viewed at: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9507E...

Cow controversy! I love it!

Cow Gate! My money is on Mooley Wooly! (then again, those 'spots' were hand colored ;)

Ha! Cow Gate! I love it.