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    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876.

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    02.17.2021

    Photo by Morgan Aronson 

    US Naval Observatory Library

    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876. The ponds near the base of the Monument were formed when the Washington Canal was filled and B Street, the present day Constitution Avenue, because a road of sorts. The cornerstone of the Monument was laid July 4, 1848. It had reached 174 feet when funds ran out and the Civil War was in progress. Construction commenced again in 1876. The Agricultrue Building was built in 1868.

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    Date Taken: 02.17.2021
    Date Posted: 02.18.2021 12:45
    Photo ID: 6524035
    VIRIN: 210217-O-OB437-418
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    Lantern Slide 26: The Mall and the Capitol in 1890.
    Lantern Slide 30: Virginia Avenue and Foggy Bottom after 1903.
    Lantern Slide 29: Virginia Avenue and Foggy Bottom.
    Lantern Slide 14: The State Department at the center and the Treasury at the left.
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    Lantern Slide 22: A drawing of Washington in the late 1800s.

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