One of the most memorable sights Union soldier Maximilian Hartman saw in #WashingtonDC in 1861 was the Smithsonian Institute. He was amazed to find that, "You can see every sort of creature that lives on the earth, in the water, or in the air." https://t.co/b2mNJcO3ra One of…
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This 1868 panoramic map of Chicago can be used to provide perspective on late-19th century population growth in the city. Zoom into the inset image at the bottom center to compare how it looked in 1820. https://t.co/YT8kymMwyt https://t.co/vrH6tPZD9u This 1868 panoramic map o…
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Dragons-Eye View via NASA https://t.co/T7D5IsGtoB https://t.co/kecmevF8cU
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Between Earth and Sky via NASA https://t.co/8pIoG5a0tH https://t.co/SSqLniRTzU
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In their novel "The Gilded Age," Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner described the White House as being "ugly enough outside, but that is nothing to what it is inside." https://t.co/820iMCxwA7 #DCHistory In their novel "The Gilded Age," Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner …
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Thomas Circle, facing north, taken from atop the now-demolished Portland Flats apartment house. Many horse-drawn carriages and also streetcar tracks curving around the western side of the circle, which was then known as Fourteenth Street Circle. https://t.co/nAAumQ8QW2 Thomas …
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Today in History - November 30 https://t.co/914rAxnhuV Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other his…
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