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Munitions Building, 1940; Emergency Defense Housing, 1941; Army Sale of Trucks, Ft. Meyer, VA, used December 1944, p. 22; Military Training, used May 1953, p. 42 (shoulder patches on men read “ROKA”); Marine Barracks, 1970;

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Interiors of Fox movie theater, 1328 F St., NW, Washington, DC. Opened 1926, re-named “Capitol” in 1936, gutted 1963 (today exterior shell houses the Shops at National Place and offices)

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Exterior day/night views of main terminal, interior of restaurant

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Machinists Building (exterior); International Brotherhood of Teamsters (exterior); British Embassy (exterior); Islamic Mosque (exterior); Pan-American Union Building (interior); Railroad Retirement Building cafeteria; Constitution Hall (exterior)

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“…part of employees leaving Veterans Bureau at 4:30 pm,” c. 1920s; Pedestrians outside Washington Hotel, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & 15th St., NW, c. 1920s, used March 1943, p. 24; Pedestrians with streetcar, unknown location, c. 1920s; Pedestrians on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW August/September 1953, one used August 1953, p. 30; Pedestrians getting on bus, unknown location, August 1967; Pedestrians on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, October 1968;

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Pennsylvania Avenue from Treasury Dept., 1911; Hurley-Wright Building, 18th & Pennsylvania Avenue, headquarters Bureau of Lighthouses, 1925; Two Washington Guide company guides on Pennsylvania Avenue across from White House, April 1951

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DC Police Precinct Station next to DC Fire Dept. Engine Co. #3 (439 New Jersey Avenue, NW) being demolished, 1951; DC Police leaving Precinct Station #2, with patrol wagon, inside/outside cruiser, helping pedestrians across street, placing call from police call box, demolished building site, most used February 1951, p. 40,41; Group of Army, Navy, Air and Marine Police outside the Armed Services Police Detachment Headquarters

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“Loading plane with first air mail from Washington to New York,” used September 1943, p. 82; Posed shot of mailman loaded down with mail, packages, newspapers; Little boy lifting little girl so she can place letter into mailbox mounted on concrete post; Interior of massive 48-star US flag inside today’s Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue

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Mrs. Thelma Robinson at home and work as participant in Work Incentive Program, used October 1969, pp. 38-39.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Photographs in this collection are images of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area (D.C., Maryland and Virginia suburbs) from the photo morgue of Nation’s Business, a publication of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The collection provides visual documentation of the District’s well-known federal and commercial architecture, scenes from the Kennedy and Truman administrations, and other images from events and life in Washington, D.C. from the 1920s to the 1980s.Included in...