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Old Washington, D.C.

Founded on July 16, 1790, Washington D.C. was established by the Constitution of the United States to serve as the nation's capital.
(As far as I can determine, all these photos are in the public domain as they were all taken before 1923.)
c. 1814 - The White House, Washington, D.C. 1817 - Dolley Madison 1829 - Andrew Jackson's Inauguration Party c. 1846 - Earliest known photo of the White House, Washington, D.C. c. 1860 - Washington Monument under construction 1860 - Treasury Building under construction
1875 - President Ulysses S. Grant 1878 - Thomas Edison with his new invention: the phonograph 1886 - Bicycle built for two March 4, 1889 - Benjamin Harrison being sworn in as 23rd President 1889 - The Bosses of the Senate 1899 - President Grover Cleveland
c. 1902 - Quentin Roosevelt and Rosewell Pinckney 1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt March 4, 1905 - Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt c. 1906 - Alice Roosevelt Longworth c. 1906 - Horseless carriage 1908 - House of Representatives, U.S. Capital
1908 - Ethel Roosevelt 1910 - Washington School for Boys to stage a play c. 1910 - Sleeping Beauty c. 1910 - The Capitol Building 1911 - Easter egg rolling at the White House 1911 - William Howard Taft
1915 - Red Fox James 1911 - Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union 1912 - Government printing office Announcement March 3, 1913 - Suffragettes 1913 - Marchers for Women's Suffrage
March 4, 1913 - Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as 28th President 1913 - Prepared for rain 1913 - Franklin Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1914 - Galloping to a fire 1914 - The White House 1915 - Woodrow Wilson with his new grandson
1915 - Senate subway February 9, 1916 - Mountain Chief of Piegan Blackfeet making a recording 1916 - President Wilson throwing out the 1st baseball of the season 4th of July, 1916 - Miss Liberty c. 1917 - Swimwear 1917
1917 - Suffragette 1917 - Demonstration for women's rights to vote 1917 - German butcher and colleagues On the wrong side of history c. 1918 - Pension Office interior c. 1918 - Esther Cleveland (right) and friend
c. 1918 - On stage 1918 - Cigar store 1918 - Demonstration during the influenza pandemic c. 1918 - Walter Reed Hospital Flu Ward 1919 - Student ambulances c. 1919 - Pennsylvania Avenue
1919 - Dance class in a Georgetown school 1919 - Sandwich vendor 1919 - Rowing crew 1919 - Junior Marines 1919 - Soldiers returning from the war 1919 - Jumpers in a horse show
1920 - YMCA Yankees basketball team c. 1920 - Chew and view 1920 - Statue of Lincoln being installed c. 1921 - Night pharmacy c. 1921 - William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, and Robert Todd Lincoln 1921 - The Peterson House
1921 - Bathing suit competition 1921 - Pete Seeger, aged 2, with his family 1921 - Truck filled with Whistle, The beverage wrapped in bottles January 1922 - Skating on the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial January 21, 1922 - Boot leg booze 1922 - Waiting to take a picture of President Harding
c. 1922 - Warren G. Harding 1922 - Cane-tipping flask 1922 - Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Will Rogers April 12, 1922 - Babe Ruth on opening day at Griffith Stadium 1922 - Children's party June 1922 -Two for the road
1922 - Law: No swimsuit higher than 6 inches above the knee 1922 - Pedicure on the beach 1922 - Washington Tidal Basin Beauty Contest June 17, 1922 - More beauty contest winners June 28, 1922 - Ku Klux Klan meeting 1922 - Kay Laurell (reclining) leapt from stenographer to celebrity in a night
September 15, 1922 - Scooting on skates November 2, 1922 - Champion riffle team November 11, 1922 - A still for making illegal booze 1922 - Sales window

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)01-May-2016 09:55
Great mono images.V
Paolo
Karen Moen18-Nov-2015 22:20
Thank you for another enjoyable trip through your magic time machine! Voted.
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