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A closer look: Facing east from the Capitol, circa 1875

The Election Day Riot of 1857, driven by religious intolerance

Thomas Pickford and the Toronto Apartments in Dupont Circle

St Matthew's Cathedral, Papal destination and Washington institution

A closer look: Seventh Street NW in the 1870s - and its streetcars

The Slaughtering Sun: The Brutal Heat Wave of August 1896

The Return of the Cuban Embassy on 16th Street

The Drama of the Civil War at the Patent Office

Briefly noted: The Twining Court Stables Restaurant

The Old Patent Office Building, the city's first national museum

View of the Mall in 1870

The many lives of the stately Old Masonic Temple

The Great Blustery Blizzard of March 1888

A Stern George Washington in Washington Circle