History of city Washington, District of Columbia in photos A small historical reference Geography: Date of foundation: 1790 History: Population: 658 893 Sights: City Post office, circa 1910 Hikers arriving in Washington from New York, 1913 National City Christian Church Ninth Street, 1915 Washington City Orphan Asylum, between 1860 and 1870 Thompson Dairy Wagons, 1927 Three-horse team pulling water tower, 1914 Traffic Safety in Washington with the Treasury building at left, 1913 14th Street and E Street, Smithsonian castle in background, 1857 Chain Bridge over the Potomac, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in foreground, 1865 Construction at U.S. Capitol (S. Wing and Centre Building), circa 1860 Construction of the U.S. Treasury Building, circa 1860 Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, March 4, 1861 Panorama of U.S. Arsenal yard, circa 1865 Potomac River, looking down from Georgetown, showing Mason's Island, Long Bridge, circa 1865 President's stables, White House in the background, 1857 Sanitary Commission rest house, circa 1865 The Aqueduct bridge and Georgetown from the Virginia bank, 1865 Tubular Bridge, through the pipes of which the city of Washington is supplied with wate, circa 1865 US Arsenal, circa 1865 U.S. Treasury building, 1857 View of Washington, circa 1852 View of Washington City, 1871 Women's show, 1927

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