Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...

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View of the Dalecarlia Reservoir from the 5000 block of MacArthur Boulevard NW with a prominent pine tree in the middle ground.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...

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Close up of ornamentation on the Allison Nailor high school cadet trophy. The trophy reads "Allison Nailor Prize Medal 1895."

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View of north and east elevations of Peabody Elementary School taken from Stanton Park.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...

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Distant view of the north and west elevations of the United States Senate Office Building, later named the Russell Senate Office Building, located on the southwest corner of Delaware Avenue and C Street NE. Three streetcars are passing the building on Delaware Avenue NE.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willard R. Ross Postcard Collection comprises original gelatin silver postcard prints, primarily of the streets and architecture of Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas. The collection consists largely of building and street views – churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and other public buildings are well represented – but also contains images of social organizations like the Wanderlusters, a co-ed hiking club. Ross assigned captions and non-unique numbers to most of his...

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Interior view of Old Soldiers' Home library, located at Scott Road and MacArthur Drive NW, featuring mission oak rockers, bankers' chairs, potted plants, and floral arrangements. Two women and one man sit in chairs in the library.

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A gaggle of geese surround a pond located on the Old Soldiers' Home property at Lakes Circle NW and Pershing Drive NW.