Washington DC Historic photos, documents, and people

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Washington, D.C. Mr. Lund, who is head of the District Red Cross, watching the testing of blood plasma at the District blood donor center

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Large cutter which breaks up metal parts for shipment from a wholesale junkyard

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Washington, D.C. Feeding the pigeons in Lafayette Park. This woman has been bringing grain to the pigeons almost daily for thirteen years

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Washington, D.C. Feeding the pigeons in Lafayette Park. This woman has been bringing grain to the pigeons almost daily for thirteen years

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Washington, D.C. Feeding the pigeons in Lafayette Park. This woman has been bringing grain to the pigeons almost daily for thirteen years

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Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball game between two rival restaurants held on Sunday in the Ellipse. The White House is in the background

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Washington, D.C. A child in the nursery at the United Nations service center trying to get the badge of the worker who is caring for her

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Washington, D.C. Walter Spangenberg, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School, showing a prize-winning plane to his nine-year-old brother

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Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay the cashier at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue