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View of the glass-encased tomb of Levi Zeigler Leiter in Rock Creek Cemetery.

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View of cemetery entrance gate at intersection of Rock Creek Church Road NW and Webster Street NW

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View of the sculpture Rabboni by Gutzon Borglum at the gravesite of Charles Mather Ffoulke.

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Adams Monument, also known as Grief, at Rock Creek Cemetery, sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

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 vendors' carts and people shopping on the sidewalk outside of Center Market.

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Interior view of Center Market showing the interior architecture of the market, a variety of stalls, blurred people, and signs reading "THIS MARKET OPEN EVERY WEEK DAY" and "LADIES' WAITING ROOM LADIES'... 7th St. WING TAKE ELEVATOR."

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Expansive view of Center Market taken from an elevated position on the northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and 7th Street NW. A statue of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock is prominent on the right side of the image which also features pedestrians, streetcars, horse and carriages, bicycles, and automobile traffic.

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Exterior view of the southwest corner of Center Market.

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View of the depressed footprint of the demolished Center Market looking east from 9th Street NW. The row of buildings on the east side of the 200 block of 7th Street NW are visible in the distance.