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The Columbia Hospital, caring for Washington women

A closer look: Omnibus on 15th Street, circa 1860

The 1957 Jo Del Tavern Murders: Tragedy on Ninth Street

Georgetown's genteel Tudor Place celebrates 200 years

The Eckington & Soldiers Home Railway, Washington's first electric streetcar line

The Portland, Washington's first luxury apartment house

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