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Library of Congress1889

Washington Yard : tracks for which company is indicted, shown in red

Covers area in central Washington D.C. bounded by Pennsylvania Av. N.W./S.E., 9th St. S.E., N St. S.E., diagonally northwestward to 14th St. S.W. Shows railroad yards, connecting trackage, and city block numbers. "October 1889." Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Ground covered by House bill 8243. Blueprint with selected tracks emphasized in red pencil. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 22 x 14 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1890

Balto. and Poto. R.R., profile of tracks in Washington

Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Profile of Sixth St., M'd & V'a Ave's, from the tunnel to the Potomac, showing effects of sinking tracks, &c. 1890. Blueprint annotated in yellow, red, and lead pencils. Profile drawn in 3 segments. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 22 x 14 cm. Includes drawing of "P.R.R. standard 60000 lb. freight car on standard roadbed." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1890

Real estate map of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company between Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md., and adjacent land holdings : from latest official authorities & actual surveys

Partial cadastral map showing owners' names and acreages of larger landholdings in districts adjacent to the B&O R.R. in Washington D.C. and Montgomery County (Md.). "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Francis R. Fava Jr. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." North oriented towards the upper left. Includes notes, "Profile of the Metropolitan Branch B. & O.R.R. ... showing distances from Washington D.C. and elevations," and advertisement for "T. Janney Brown, general agent." LC copy stamped on verso--"Gilbert Thompson." Sectioned in 4 sheets and mounted on 2 sheets of cloth. Annotated in ink--"With the compliments of Francis R. Fava Jr. C.E., January 1892." LC Railroad maps, 461 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1835

Plan of the West-Philadelphia Rail-Road

Map includes parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. Indicates topography by hachures, drainage, roads, property owners, and part of the city street plan of Philadelphia. [From published bibliography].

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Library of Congress1926

Image 8 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1926

1 C Industry to Be Shown by Exhibits at Auditorium More Than 90 Firms to Show Washingtons Progress In Manufacturing Production Washington will have a chance to I see itself as an industrial center to yight Our industries will be shown in the exhibits at the Auditorium of the Second Annual Industrial Expo sition 200 Booths Two hundred booths covering 50000 square feet of floor space present a panorama of business life popularly and mis in the Capital takenly supposed to be engaged only in the business of government More than 90 manufacturing con And altho cerns are taking part the industrial side is being stressed 1 there will be displays of the work of Washingtons foremost painter and i sculptors as well The Public library will have exhibit uh will the an 0 e Play grounds Department and the various branches of the military service i Special Programs There will be interesting enter tainment programs nightly Concerts have been arranged by the Army Navy and Marine band Thompson will give a program Lout songs each day Amplifier of will carry the music to all parts of the Auditorium Nine pecial nughts have been designated beginning with Marine Night tonight

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Library of Congress1931

Image 4 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), February 28, 1931

Vivian Gordon Death Linked With Graft Noted Rabbi Says Wise Asks Gov Roosevelt to Investigate City Affairs as Result of Womans Murder By Utted Prese NEW YORK Gangsters inside and outside the police department on and off the magistrates bench I were under suspicion today for kill i pe odHolra q i ing redhaired Vivian Gordon who apparently died because police had revealed her intention to disclose fin other police frameup So sensational was the killing so dramatic and revealing were her ac tivities disclosed in the investigation that followed so strongly did the killing recall the revelations in the famous RosenthalRecker police racketeer alliance of1912 that Rab I bi Stephen Wise issued a public J statement today arraigning New i York City police and judiciary for their alliance with crime Awful Punishment The murder was notice that ex posure of organized criminality will meet with swift and awful punish ment he said The affairs of New York cry for investigation from top to bottom be ginning or ending with the office of Mayor He called for an investigation by Gov Franklin D Roosevelt whom he praised for the present Seabury magistrates inquiry and suggested further the organization of a

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Library of Congress1937

Image 13 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), June 30, 1937

Publishers Map Fight on Closed Guild Shop Editors Take Stand After Convention of Editorial Workers Claim Unions Resolutions on Spanish War and Court Bill Menace Freedom of Press By United Press CHICAGO American newspaper publishers are on record today as unalterably opposed to the closed Guild shop or any other form of closed shop for those who prepare and edit news and pictures for news papers A resolution to that effect was adopted unanimously late yesterday at a convention of newspaper pub lishers from all parts of the United States The publishers declared termination not to enter agreement with editorial upon a closed shop basis their de into any employes The convention which was called after the St Louis Guild convention adopted a bargaining code which in cluded mandatory rules calling for a closed or Guild shop in all contracts with newspapers was presided over by JamesG Stahlman president of the American Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation It was announced there were 565 delegates present from 11 newspaper organizations Text of the resolution follows The newspaper editors and pub lishers from all sections of the United States individually and thru their cooperative associations listed below are gathered here to take action

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Library of Congress1943

Image 33 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), October 6, 1943

THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 1943 The Canioufleurs Art Me Army Air Corps Photo Students at the Army Air Forces Training Commands radio school at Sioux Falls S D get a taste of work under combat conditions in this case repairing radio equipment of a grounded bomber The camofleurs also seem to have got some excellent training f x yw V _ i i 1 i i WtL kuvi t 1 I wk j I Il JkljL 1 wife lEL v JwU Ik i PI UAfe x f Napier Field Photo Chosen outstanding cadet of his graduating class Oct 1 at Napier Field Ala Lieut Donald Lowe Garrison of Hagerstown Md is congratulated by Col James M Daniel Jr Flying ability ground school study athletics military courtesy and discipline all figured in the choice On the battlefronts the mess line is the great democratizerall ranks commingle and all ranks wash their own eating gear Top man in any chow line is the inner man whose rank is at once the highest and the lowest Stooping man in front is a Marine captain 9 to 430 Ck One Firm Gets J 1000000 From Bond Contract By JOHN F CRAMER

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Library of Congress1943

Image 23 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), November 29, 1943

THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS MONDAY NOVEMBER 29 1943 The Broad Atlantic Is a Pond x AHL Bw dn y fl KtlJKa yA bkpssihpb NewiAcm At least the great sea isnt as big as it used to be what with flying youth in modern planes hopskipping it hourly The youngster peeping at you is Lieut jg Bob Stearns of California who has blasted four Nazi subs and also guided escort vessels to pick up 27 survivors from the Uboats Here he takes his TBF Avenger aloft on another mission from the flattop U S S Card I A L j AK ggMk A j 07 t jl jkWw fl fly k bflrBß CaMWgSfl HEIM 1 w v fIHF lOSI AL wy NewsAcme Aboard the famed carrier Card Grumman Avengers and F4F fighters swing around to take off for enemy engagement after the latter has been contacted Pointing in foreground is the commander of the Card Capt A J Ishell v A 6 V 1 Jv k r d flhaT j HS v B l 5 X I r I t I 7 _ k s At left tense seconds pass as the Navy pilot drops his flaps as he prepares for

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Library of Congress1907

Image 13 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), October 8, 1907, (Anniversary)

WASHINGTON D C TUESDAY OCTOBER 8 3 1907 an TT e rp ee trenminiias a WS 3 ON HERALD Anniversary ONE YEAR OLD Anniversary T i The Washington Herald Enters Second Year WHAT IT HAS DONE i Welcomed to a Field that Waited for It ITS GROWTH IN A YEAR i Story of the Founding of the Cap itals Newest Newspaper and What It Has Achieved During the Busy Period Since Its First Issue Left the PressA Glance Backward Re calling Incidents of Its Birth x Vh ry f Arr This line with which everybody has become familiar the last six weeks is now explained Tre Wasrixerox HerALD is one vear old today 1 Its anniversary finds it no newspaper fledgling but full growna wellestablished institution of the National Capital This it intended to become when the first number left the press October 8 1906 It has the readersover 30000 of them It has the good will of the communitythe hearty good will It is known the country over the most widely quoted Wash ington newspaper i It has a share a generous share of advertising patronage Glance over its wellfilled columns and you will see what the Washington merchants

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Library of Congress1909

Image 2 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), August 16, 1909

RAIDS STIR NEGROES 2 Speakeasies Close After Five Arrests Are Made WAGONLOAD OF FLASKS FOUND Capt Mulhall and Squad from the Fourth Precinct Spread Consterna tion Among Alley Dwellers in the SouthwestRobert Brown a Walk ing Saloon Placed Behind Bars Determined that no liquor shall be sold in the southwest without the countenance of the law Capt Mulhall of the Fourth precinct last night marshaled his forces end figuratively speaking swooped down on the alleged speakeasies gathering five negroes into the confines of the sta tion The accused illegal dispensers of spirit uous beverages will be arraigned in Police Court this morning on charges of main taining unlicensed bars A wagonloag of whisky flasks beer bottles and sev eral kegs will also he removed to Police Court where they will be submitted as evidence Capt Mulhall hag been planning the raid for ten days and has kept the sus pected persons and houses under survell lance He placed Lieut Flathers in charge of the raiding party which con wisted of Sergt Emerson Polcemen Fearson Boyle Allen Spruce and Hlii ton First Arrest Made The first arrest was made In Maine avenue where a house at 338 was en tered and

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

7Sf3r7S VUW Jh r T I r obh i THE WASHINGTON HERALD MONDAY APRIL 3 1913 AN APPEAL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve life not help to destroy it 99 TO AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the waning countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless chil

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Library of Congress1919

Image 24 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), March 9, 1919

POTASH AND PERLMUTTER AT TKE PEACE CONFERENCE BY MONTAGUE GLASS Illuetrated by ALBERT levering Everything Is Proceeding SatisfactorilyMaybe 4 IIVBIIIT 1 DY THE MrttllRE NEWSPAPER SYNDICAT 5 Morris Perlmut M tir said to his partner Abe Potash a few days after Mr Wilsons return from his j visit to Italy up to a short time ago hardly anybody in America had ever even heard about Italys claim to the Dalmatian territory Naturally Abe replied be cause if there is six people in the whole United States which is en gaged in the business of telling spotted dogs to fire engine houses Mawruss that would be big al ready Morris threw up both hands in a gesture of despair What is the use talking foreign politics to a feller which thinks lhat Italys claims to the Dalmatian territory means she wants the exclusive right to make New York Cleveland Chi ca and Saint Louis with a line of spotted dog for fire engine com panies he exclaimed And I wouldnt even have known that it meant that much Abe retorted entirely unabashed excepting lhat six months ago my wifes sisters cousin wanted me I should advance her a hundred dol lars

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Library of Congress1902

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 15, 1902

I If I r r There arc only two essentials of Btisiness Successin any business First adequate capital Second a fair price for your goods with a reasonable profit A newspaper like any other commodity should be sold at a profiteach individual copy Any newspaper which is not thus sold is not independentits dependence is upon its advertisers or some other contrib utory powerand this dependence is inconsistent with abso lute honesty FRANK A MUNSEY U A Newspaper Devoted to intimate Information as to Their Important Interests THE SUNDAY TIMES Tomorrows issue will be so well worth its cost so valuable to every resident of this city that it would be an offense against common sense as well as business wisdom not to call attention to it in every possible way It will be beautifully illustrated contain thirtysix pages and be full of strong able authoritative ar ticles on important subjects interesting to every member of the family The price of the Sunday Times tomorrow and thereafter will be FIVE cents because it is worth FIVE cents and so good a newspaper cannot be sold for less Since its former price was set it has grown from eighteen pages to

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Library of Congress1904

Image 14 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 23, 1904

DECENT JOURNALISM Newspapers That Are Not Yellow Still Prosper THE EDITORIAL PAGE GOOD RESULTS TO FLOW FROM THE PULITZER SCHOOL High Standards Among Washington CorrespondentsJohn Hay as Journalist An Addrraa IVllTfrwl by frothy 8 Noyea Defer the Worlda Preaa Parliament KeallTal Hall Inulalana Iurrhaae Kiixialtloii 81 Ixula Uii 21 1804 The great International exposition which the brains energy and grit of the men of Bt Iiouls have created hu Irresistibly drawn to It many men of many minds In oonventlon assembled and among them the worlds Journalists The Interchange of facts and opinions among the delegates to th Worlds Press Parliament In the course of this weeks meetings naturally develops much discussion with the newspaper as a text and pertinent practical comment con cerning the conditions and tendencies of newspaperdom In the various nations here represented may reasonably be expected There has been muah speculation as to the form and character of the newspaper of the future Some maintain that It will be In magazine form capable of being held in one hand and easily read with news and other mat ter compressed sufficiently to meet the re quirements of this form of publication The present Indications however are not

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Library of Congress1908

Image 23 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 31, 1908

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Business Office 11th 8t and Pannsylrani Avenue Th Evening Star Newspaper Company Eunpcu Office 8 Hejent St London England New York Office Tribune Building Chicago Office First National Bank Euiliiag The Erennjr Star with the Sunday morning edit Ire In delivered by carriers on tlielr own ac count within the city at 50 cent pr month without The Sunday Star at 44 cents per month Br mall postage prepaid Ta11y Snnday Inrlnded one month H cpnts Pally SundaT excepted one month r0 cents Saturday Star one rear 100 8anday Star one year 150 T Pages 118 Part 3 WASHINGTON D C SATURDAY OCTOBER 31 1908 Character of a Store People identify the character of a store with the character of the paper in which they see the stores advertisement nminHnnmi REMARKABLE BUILDING ACTIVITY To those who have not kept in touch with the marvelous development of that remarkablv beautiful and picturesque sec tion a visit to SAULS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF W ASHINGTON will indeed be a revelation ALL CITY IMPROVEMENTS are already installed in cluding CITY WATER CITY SEWERS CITY GAS AND ELECTRICITY All the streets are being macadamized and provided

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Library of Congress1913

Image 49 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 27, 1913

WASHINGTON D C SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 27 1913 30 Serge Outfit 1875 Steins Great Combination Offer Famous Guaranteed Sunproof Serge Suit and Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers The Whole Outfit steinsTo Measure For t wdl SjriyrM I SUNPROOF A _ __ _ _ 11175 Sen A For a limited time only we make this extraordinary offer of the Finest Sunproof Serge Suit in America and an Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers to wear of evenings the whole outfit made to measure and guaranteed to fit at 1875 Other Stylish Suits to Order 1475 to 4000 Browns Grays Pin Stripesthe largest variety of the best quality woolens shown in Washing ton Call for samples Make comparisons M STEIN CO Largest Tailoring Establish ment in the United States IP Six Stores at 8tb and F Sts All Kinds of Talking Machines Victrolas Grafonolas taken in exchange for New and Used Pianos balance on easy terms Pianos for Rent Rent applied if the instrument is purchased Sole Agent for the Following Highgrade Pianos EMERSON SOHMER BLASIUS LAUTER HOWARD REGENT LINDEMANN SON We Make a Specialty of Rent Applied If Piano Renting

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Library of Congress1914

Image 56 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 11, 1914

I amactt 1 Newspapermen Who Cover Foreign Embassies in Search of Information on War MovesHow News Is Received and Handed OutWireless Messages to Ambassadors Sometimes T ransmitted More Speedily Than Ordinary News Matter on Account of Rigid Censorship in Europe fP f3 ASHINGTON ha f an aual zone o iLTjf I European war T V fltf I is true that n Im I hostile armies op VQ I erate therein anc I that the zone ii Vf I as yct free rori I y I the shriek ol I shells and the bel aV azr V V guns but there it an alert and active corps of war cor respondents operating in this territory and it is through their activitiei that many important messages having to do with the checkerboard movei upon the war ground across the Atlantic have been given to the public some times many hours in advance of th censored and obstructed message which too often snails its way over th commercial cables Washingtons war zone is widelj scattered It is comprised of manj bits of property which in the eyes ol international law if not in the sighi of astute and literal geographers an really bits

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