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Pennsylvania Avenue

The avenue between the Capitol and the Treasury, where every inaugural parade, victory march and protest of the era passed.

A woman in a long white cape and crown sitting on a white horse among spectators — March 3, 1913 Inez Milholland, in a white cape on a white horse, at the suffrage procession of March 3, 1913.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · LOT 11052-2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

History

Pierre L’Enfant’s plan of 1791 made Pennsylvania Avenue the link between the “Congress House” and the “President’s House”, and by the early 1900s it was the city’s main street: streetcars down the middle, hotels, newspaper offices and theatres along the north side, and the crowded blocks of shops, lodging houses and markets on the south side that the Federal Triangle would later replace.

Every four years the inaugural parade came up the avenue from the Capitol, and in between it carried many of the other processions the city held: the Woman Suffrage Procession of March 3, 1913, Civil War veterans’ parades, the victory parades of 1919, presidents’ funerals, and in 1925 a march by the Ku Klux Klan.

The Old Post Office (1899), with its clock tower, and the Willard Hotel (rebuilt 1901) are two of the buildings in these photographs that still stand. The District Building, the city’s government offices, was completed in 1908 at 14th Street.

What's there now

The stretch from the Capitol to the White House is now lined on the south side by the Federal Triangle (built from the late 1920s) and the National Archives, and on the north by offices and the Canadian embassy (1989). Freedom Plaza (1980) and Pershing Park (1981, now the National World War I Memorial) were laid out beside it. The avenue is still the inaugural parade route, and the section in front of the White House has been closed to traffic since 1995.

Then and now

The view east to the Capitol dome is the same, and the Old Post Office tower and the Willard are still landmarks. Almost everything else on the south side has changed: the rows of small nineteenth-century buildings in these photographs, and Center Market, were cleared for the uniform limestone of the Federal Triangle. Streetcars ran on the avenue until 1962.

Compare: Pennsylvania Avenue from 15th Street, 1916–17 and 1919.

Photographs 134, oldest first

A massive stone building with a tall square clock tower on a street corner — c. 1900 The Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, its tall clock tower rising over the corner around 1900. place probableDetroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-13017 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a long avenue cutting through the city — 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol dome, 1901, running northwest toward the Treasury.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-10507 · No known restrictions on publication

A tall ornate hotel with a mansard roof on a street corner, carriages in front — c. 1904 The Willard Hotel around 1904, with carriages waiting on the street below and telegraph poles in the foreground.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-33469 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A broad avenue lined with buildings, a garden in front and a steel skeleton building — c. 1899–1910 Pennsylvania Avenue stretches from the Treasury toward the Capitol, with the Old Post Office tower on the right and a steel frame rising on the left.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-32187 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Elevated view of a broad avenue with streetcars and carriages and tall hotels beyond — c. 1900–10 Pennsylvania Avenue looking west from Eleventh Street in the 1900s, with streetcars and carriages passing tall hotel and office buildings.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-39978 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A broad avenue seen over railings, a tall hotel at left and a clock tower beyond — c. 1900–10 Pennsylvania Avenue runs east past a tall hotel toward the Old Post Office tower, with carriages and streetcars in the roadway.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-33132 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall Beaux-Arts hotel with a mansard roof on a busy corner — c. 1900–10 The new Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, 1900s.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-71073 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall ornate corner hotel with carriages in the street — c. 1900–10 The Raleigh Hotel at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 1900s.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-71099 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Carriages and marchers on a wide avenue in front of a large decorated Victorian building — 1905 Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade passes 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue on its way to the Capitol, 1905, under a building hung with bunting.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · PRES FILE - Roosevelt, Theodore, 1838-1919--Inauguration <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Elevated view of a broad avenue with streetcars, a clock tower in the distance — 1908 Pennsylvania Avenue seen from the Treasury around 1908, streetcars and carriages heading toward the Old Post Office tower and the Capitol.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-71077 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn carriage with riders in a snowy street, sepia print — 1909 Taft and Theodore Roosevelt drive to the Capitol through the snow on March 4, 1909. place probableBain News Service, Library of Congress · PRES FILE - Taft, William H.--Inauguration, 1909 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Horse carriages, riders and men in top hats on a snow-covered street — 1909 Carriages and mounted police make their way through the deep snow on Taft's inauguration day, 1909. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12285 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long empty wooden grandstand beside a broad street with a streetcar — 1909 An empty reviewing stand waits along the parade route before Taft's inauguration, with a streetcar passing. place probableBain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 663-3 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A white marble government building on a corner with tracks in the street — c. 1908–10 The newly built District Building, home of the city government, with streetcar tracks in the broad street before it.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-71082 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A column of marines marching through deep snow past tall buildings — March 4, 1909 U.S. Marines march up a snowbound Pennsylvania Avenue in Taft's inaugural parade, 1909, with their dog mascot out in front.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · PRES FILE [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers marching through snow on a wide avenue, a clock tower in the distance — March 4, 1909 Troops march up a snowy Pennsylvania Avenue in Taft's inaugural parade, March 4, 1909, with the Old Post Office tower beyond.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 100 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Mounted troops on a snowy avenue lined with spectators — March 4, 1909 Cavalry ride up Pennsylvania Avenue in the snow for Taft's inauguration, 1909.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 102 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A broad avenue lined with dense crowds — c. 1909–14 Crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue for a parade, early 1910s, with the Old Post Office and the Capitol beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 969 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers marching in front of a stand decorated with flags — 1913 Troops march past a reviewing stand hung with flags during Wilson's inaugural parade, 1913. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 4311 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A sea of people filling a broad avenue with tall buildings behind — March 3, 1913 Crowds fill 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue before the suffrage procession of March 3, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12351-10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Parade of women with banners on a wide avenue, Capitol dome far behind — March 3, 1913 Marchers in the suffrage procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Capitol dome in the distance.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 2504-13 [P&P] LOT 11052-2 (Corresponding print) · No known restrictions on publication

A huge dense crowd filling a city street — March 3, 1913 The crowd packing the street on March 3, 1913, the day of the suffrage procession, which broke into the line of march. place probableBain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 2504-14 [P&P] LOT 11052-2 (Corresponding print) · No known restrictions on publication

Dense crowds filling a broad avenue, leaving a narrow lane for a parade — March 3, 1913 Crowds press in on the suffrage procession along Pennsylvania Avenue, March 3, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 3937A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women on horseback and on foot lead a parade with banners down a wide avenue toward the Capitol dome — March 3, 1913 The head of the Woman Suffrage Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, March 3, 1913, with mounted marshals, banners and the Capitol beyond.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · LOT 11052-2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A column of mounted troops riding along a broad avenue lined with crowds — March 4, 1913 Wilson's mounted escort on the way to the Capitol for the inauguration, March 4, 1913. place probableBain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 2500-38 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An open horse-drawn carriage with mounted escorts on a city street — March 4, 1913 President Taft and President-elect Wilson ride to the Capitol in an open carriage with a cavalry escort, March 4, 1913. place probableBain News Service, Library of Congress · LC-B2- 2500-39 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers marching on a wide avenue beside a grandstand — c. 1909–19 Troops march up Pennsylvania Avenue in Woodrow Wilson's inaugural parade, past stands packed with spectators.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 1088 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white dresses carrying garlands march past streetcars — May 1914 Women in white with garlands march in the suffrage parade of May 1914, past streetcars on a downtown street. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3880-B [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A bronze statue of a horseman on a granite base, theatre and shop signs behind — c. 1910–20 The equestrian statue of Casimir Pulaski stands before the New National Theatre and a Franklin Laundry sign. place probableDetroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-72223 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A turreted brick building topped with a large sign — c. 1910–20 An electric sign reading \"Food will win the war, don't waste it\" atop a building at 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 1917-18.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10018 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowded column of marchers on a broad avenue lined with trees and tall buildings — 1915 Grand Army of the Republic veterans march in a dense column along Pennsylvania Avenue in 1915, below the Hotel Occidental's sign. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44181 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Columns of marchers on a tree-lined avenue with spectators — 1915 Veterans march up Pennsylvania Avenue in the Grand Army of the Republic parade, 1915.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44182 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man on horseback in the foreground of a parade on a wide avenue toward the Capitol — 1915 A mounted marshal rides ahead of the 1915 Grand Army parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, the Capitol dome at the far end. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44183 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A packed street corner with streetcars, cars and a crowd under bunting — c. 1913–17 Crowds, motor cars and streetcars at Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street in the 1910s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2212-B [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A Romanesque stone building with a tall clock tower, cars parked along the street — c. 1910–20 The Post Office building's great clock tower rises over Pennsylvania Avenue, with motor cars parked along the kerb.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 204 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large hotel with construction scaffolding on its roof beside another grand hotel, streetcars passing — c. 1910–20 The new Washington Hotel rising in its scaffolding beside the Willard, with streetcars and pedestrians on the avenue below, late 1910s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 2127 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tank driving down a broad avenue between crowds, tall buildings and a clock tower beyond — c. 1910–20 A tank rumbles along Pennsylvania Avenue past packed crowds in a Welcome Home parade, the Hotel Occidental's sign above. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 2828 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Columns of marchers on a wide avenue lined with crowds — 1915 Union veterans parade up Pennsylvania Avenue at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment, September 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5545 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A building entrance hung with bunting and a sign, with veterans in front — 1915 \"Camp Matthew G. Emery\", the Grand Army headquarters in the Emery Building at 1st and B Streets, decorated for the 1915 encampment.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5564 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Old men marching with large flags and banners — 1915 A naval veterans' unit, with banners, in the Grand Army of the Republic parade, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5618 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Veterans marching with a row of tall furled flags — 1915 Pennsylvania veterans carry their furled Civil War battle flags in the Grand Army parade, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5623 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A covered horse-drawn wagon in a parade — 1915 A horse-drawn army ambulance in the Grand Army parade, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5624 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Elderly drummers marching on a street — 1915 The Michigan drum corps in the Grand Army of the Republic parade, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5626 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two elderly bearded men in hats standing on a pavement — 1915 Two Civil War veterans at the Grand Army encampment, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6078 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Elderly veterans marching behind banners on an avenue — September 29, 1915 The West Virginia unit of the Grand Army of the Republic marches up Pennsylvania Avenue at the 1915 encampment.Date checked: The Library gives 1915; the Grand Army of the Republic's encampment parade in Washington was held on September 29, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 46 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marchers carrying an enormous horizontal flag along a crowded avenue — c. 1910–21 A huge American flag carried flat down Pennsylvania Avenue in a parade, 1910s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A broad avenue crowded with spectators and marchers, with a clock tower behind — c. 1910–21 Crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue for a parade, with the Old Post Office tower beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 33 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A snowy avenue with streetcars and a car, the Capitol dome in the distance — c. 1913–18 Streetcars, a motor car and pedestrians on snowy Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Capitol dome at the end of the street.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 12051 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view along a long straight avenue through the city — c. 1909–23 Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol, stretching northwest toward the Treasury.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 147 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A view down a broad avenue with streetcars, a clock tower and the Capitol dome far off — c. 1909–23 Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treasury, with streetcars and carriages heading east toward the Old Post Office tower and the Capitol.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 170 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A horse-drawn float on an avenue with spectators and billboards — 1916 A float passes crowds and billboards in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10029 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A marching band and paraders turning a corner past a shop awning, crowds on the sidewalk — 1916 A band and marchers in white swing round the corner past an "American" awning in the 1916 Preparedness Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Old Post Office tower beyond.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 10048 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of men in straw hats marching down a wide avenue lined with crowds — 1916 Ranks of civilians in straw boaters march in the 1916 Preparedness Parade down the avenue toward the Old Post Office tower and the Capitol. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2607-A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Students marching in rows on a broad avenue — 1916 The George Washington University unit marches in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5349 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A float covered in bunting and costumed figures pulled along a street — 1916 A float decked with bunting in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5429 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A car carrying a long model cannon with flags — 1916 A big-gun float made from a motor car in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5430 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of women in white dresses marching with flags — 1916 Women in white march with flags in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5444 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wide avenue filled with girls in white — 1916 Hundreds of schoolgirls fill Pennsylvania Avenue in the Preparedness Parade, 1916, with the Old Post Office tower behind.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5731 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white holding an enormous flag flat as they march — 1916 Women carry a huge American flag in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5802 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man in a striped Uncle Sam costume and top hat on a street — 1916 A man dressed as Uncle Sam in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6059 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A parade float crowded with women in white and flags on a broad avenue, the Capitol in the distance — 1916 A float of women in white under flags, lettered "The Spirit of '76 still prevails," rolls along the avenue in the 1916 Preparedness Parade, the Capitol dome far behind. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6254 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of people carrying a huge horizontal flag down a street lined with awnings — 1916 Marchers carry an enormous American flag stretched flat between them in the 1916 Preparedness Parade, past shopfront awnings. place uncertainHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6487 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A drum major with a baton marching ahead of a band, spectators behind — June 14, 1916 A Black drum major in full uniform leads his band in the Preparedness Parade, 1916.Date checked: The Library gives 1916; Washington's Preparedness Parade was held on Flag Day, June 14, 1916.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5489 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long avenue receding toward the Capitol with a clock tower and signs — c. 1916–17 Pennsylvania Avenue from 15th Street toward the Capitol, with the Old Post Office tower on the right.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 1669 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dark avenue at night with glowing streetlamps reflecting on the wet pavement — c. 1916–17 Street lamps glow and streak across the wet surface of Pennsylvania Avenue at night, around 1916.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 2150 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of soldiers marching down a broad street lined with spectators and tall buildings — 1917 A military unit marches in the 1917 inaugural parade, watched by crowds packed along the avenue. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 6672 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A parade crossing a broad avenue, a hotel and clock tower and distant Capitol dome — 1917 The 1917 draft parade marches down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol, the Old Post Office tower rising at right. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9401 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in straw hats and white suits marching with a flag — 1917 President Wilson, flag in hand, marches with District officials in the Draft Parade, 1917. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9420 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Children in white marching on a wide tree-lined avenue — 1917 Children march in the Draft Parade of 1917, with the Old Post Office tower beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9425-A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall Romanesque stone building with a clock tower and a banner over its entrance — 1917 The Post Office Department building at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue hung with a Liberty Loan banner, 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9649 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Riders on horseback and cars on a wet avenue, a horse-drawn van in front — 1917 Mounted riders and motor cars pass Childs Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1917, a horse-drawn delivery van in the foreground.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 10034 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Pedestrians crossing streetcar tracks on a wide avenue, a clock tower in the distance — c. 1916–19 A streetcar runs between crowded loading platforms on Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Old Post Office tower rising on the left.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29872 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A row of three- and four-storey commercial buildings with cars in front — c. 1918 Shops in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, about 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-6-A [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A congested street full of streetcars, cars and pedestrians seen from above — 1918 Streetcars, motor cars and crowds jam a downtown street, 1918. place uncertainHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29780 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women holding small flags marching in front of shop signs — April 18, 1918 Women with flags march in a Liberty Bond parade in the 1000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, April 18, 1918, past the Central Auto Supply Company.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12358-16 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in white and dark suits marching behind a placard toward the Capitol dome — c. 1915–22 Members of the House of Representatives march behind their placard in a parade for drafted men, the Capitol dome rising at the end of the avenue. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12354-1 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two small children holding protest placards on a street, a woman behind them — c. 1918–20 Children carry placards against the Raleigh Hotel during its waiters' strike, around 1919: "My papa was locked out at the Raleigh."National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 5048 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men in top hats marching in a line down a street — 1919 District officials lead the welcome-home parade for President Wilson after the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30032 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men carrying placards on the pavement outside a large hotel — 1919 Striking waiters picket the Raleigh Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30104 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Horsemen riding past a tall monument with crowds behind — 1919 Mounted officers of the First Division pass a monument during the 1919 victory parade. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30913 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People lined up on a sidewalk in front of a grand hotel — c. 1915–23 A crowd waits on the pavement in front of the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, between 1915 and 1923.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-2112 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers marching with a flag past tall buildings — February 21, 1919 Returning soldiers parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, February 21, 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44369 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Long columns of troops marching down a crowded avenue seen from above — September 17, 1919 Pershing's victory parade fills Pennsylvania Avenue, 1919, between packed stands and pavements.Date checked: The Library dates this 1909–1923; Pershing's victory parade on Pennsylvania Avenue was on September 17, 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44238 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Mounted officers lead troops along an avenue with the Capitol dome behind — September 17, 1919 The First Division marches down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol in its victory parade, September 1919.Date checked: The Library gives only 1919; the First Division's victory parade in Washington was on September 17, 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30912 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long avenue with streetcars receding toward the Capitol dome — October 3, 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue seen from the Treasury toward the Capitol, October 3, 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12293, v. 1 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall arcaded interior courtyard with a large flag hanging — c. 1920 The great skylit court of the Old Post Office, hung with a giant flag, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-1-W [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall stone tower with a clock, seen steeply from below — c. 1920 The clock tower of the Old Post Office, looking up from the pavement, about 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-1-W [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall granite Romanesque building with a clock tower — c. 1920 The Old Post Office and its clock tower, seen from across Pennsylvania Avenue around 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · No call number recorded on caption card [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A uniformed policeman beside a tall stop-and-go signal post — c. 1909–32 A policeman directs traffic with a mirror and a signal post at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12355-7 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wide avenue with tall office buildings and the clock tower of the Post Office — c. 1909–32 Pennsylvania Avenue at 11th Street, with the Post Office Department and the Evening Star building.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12357-7 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall ornate office building seen through a dark stone arch, a car in the street — c. 1909–32 The Evening Star Building at Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street, framed by a dark archway, with Galt & Bro. jewellers to the left and a motor car passing.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-6D <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd filling a downtown street between tall buildings — 1921 Crowds fill the street outside the Evening Star building to follow the World Series on its scoreboard, 1921. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 16134 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Vertical aerial view of city blocks and streets — c. 1921 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue seen straight down from an aeroplane, about 1921.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 13403 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A vast crowd of men in straw hats packing a street seen from above — c. 1921 A sea of straw boaters fills the street outside the Star newspaper as crowds follow the Dempsey–Carpentier fight in 1921. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 14773 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People with placards on a street corner in front of a building signed Washington Post — January 28, 1921 Pickets carrying placards about Ireland walk past the Washington Post building on January 28, 1921. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 11740 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tall marble monument with allegorical figures in a traffic circle among bare trees — c. 1921–22 The Peace Monument stands in its circle at the foot of Capitol Hill, early 1920s, a streetcar passing behind. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 6975 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wide avenue full of cars running toward a distant dome, with a hotel sign at left — c. 1921–22 Motor cars fill Pennsylvania Avenue below the Hotel Occidental's sign, the Capitol dome hazy at the far end, about 1921.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-3718 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A row of narrow commercial buildings with signs and a street lamp — c. 1922 Shops and hotels in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, about 1922, a block later cleared for the Federal Triangle.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-3-A [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People walking through deep snow in front of large buildings — January 29, 1922 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue buried by the Knickerbocker storm, January 29, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12357-7 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A burned-out grand hall with a charred arched ceiling and piles of debris — April 23, 1922 The gutted interior of the Willard Hotel after the fire of April 23, 1922, its arched ceiling charred and the floor heaped with debris.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 7378 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marchers on an avenue with streetcars and old buildings — April 27, 1922 Veterans march along Pennsylvania Avenue past streetcars in the Grant Memorial parade, April 27, 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 18620 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A columned stone building on a corner — c. 1918–28 The Treasury Annex on Pennsylvania Avenue, completed in 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 2809 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A parade under a decorated sunburst arch on a broad avenue, straw hats in the foreground — 1923 Shriners of Kaaba Temple march down Pennsylvania Avenue under a sunburst arch in the Shrine parade of June 1923, crowds in straw boaters in front. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24706 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marchers in fezzes pass a crowd of straw hats on a broad avenue — 1923 Shriners of Osman Temple, St. Paul, march on Pennsylvania Avenue under a decorated arch, June 5, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24730 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A broad street full of people under a decorated arch, a clock tower and distant dome — 1923 Crowds spill into the avenue after the Shriners' parade of June 1923, a great sunburst arch spanning the street toward the Old Post Office tower. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24742 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a busy avenue with cars and streetcars, tall buildings and a clock tower — 1923 Motor cars and streetcars stream along Pennsylvania Avenue seen from above 15th Street in 1923, the Old Post Office tower down the avenue.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 23271 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A big crowd of men standing in a street looking up at a building — 1923 A packed crowd fills the street to follow a game on the Evening Star's scoreboard in 1923. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 26897 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A busy avenue hung with Shriner decorations, motorcycles and cars in the foreground — 1923 Pennsylvania Avenue decked out for the Shriners in 1923, with motorcycle police, cars and streetcars under the festive arches. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-6129 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A busy avenue of streetcars and cars, decorations strung across it, the Capitol dome far off — May 1923 Streetcars and motor cars on Pennsylvania Avenue in May 1923, the street hung with Shriners' emblems as far as the Capitol dome.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-5773 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marching bands on an avenue lined with flags and spectators — May 6, 1923 Shriners parade down Pennsylvania Avenue past decorated buildings, May 6, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 24676 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A night view down a long avenue strung with lights toward a glowing domed building — May 29, 1923 Pennsylvania Avenue lit up at night on May 29, 1923, its strings of lights running straight to the floodlit Capitol dome.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24395 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A night view of a long avenue lined with bright lights, a lit dome at the far end — May 29, 1923 Pennsylvania Avenue at night from the Treasury, May 1923, its street lamps blazing in a line toward the lit Capitol dome.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 24380 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Drummers and a flag bearer marching on an avenue under a sunburst arch, crowds watching — June 5, 1923 The drum corps of Orak Temple, Hammond, Indiana, marches beneath the Shrine arches on Pennsylvania Avenue in June 1923. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 24746 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a parade on a broad tree-lined avenue with the Capitol dome far off — 1924 A parade marches down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol in 1924, seen from a rooftop high above the crowds.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-8887 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long column of soldiers marching down a wide avenue lined with crowds — 1924 Troops march down Pennsylvania Avenue past packed sidewalks in 1924, with the Old Post Office tower and the Capitol dome ahead.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8858 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A huge crowd lining a broad avenue as a line of motor cars drives down the middle — 1924 Dense crowds pack Pennsylvania Avenue as a motorcade passes in 1924, the Old Post Office tower rising beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8928 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd in a street before tall buildings — August 29, 1924 A crowd follows a baseball game on the Evening Star scoreboard, August 29, 1924. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 32168 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A military band marching down a broad avenue lined with spectators — September 12, 1924 The U.S. Army Band in new uniforms leads the Defense Day parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, September 12, 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12296, v. 5 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of mounted soldiers riding down a wide avenue lined with crowds, a clock tower beyond — September 12, 1924 Mounted troops lead the Defense Day parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on September 12, 1924, the Old Post Office tower and the Capitol dome behind. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 32326 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of thousands of men marching with umbrellas down a broad avenue hung with flags — September 21, 1924 Marchers of the Holy Name parade, many under umbrellas, fill a wide flag-hung avenue on September 21, 1924. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 32251 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A car and horsemen on a broad avenue lined with crowds, the Capitol dome behind — 1925 An open car and mounted escort lead the 1925 inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol between lines of spectators. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 34416 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A marching band on a wide avenue lined with buildings, a domed building far off — 1925 A military band marches down Pennsylvania Avenue in Coolidge's 1925 inaugural parade, the Capitol dome faint in the mist. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 34418 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A huge crowd in a street in front of a large building — 1925 Crowds pack the street to follow the 1925 World Series on the Evening Star scoreboard. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 37763 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A street completely filled with a crowd in hats below tall office buildings — 1925 A vast crowd packs the street to follow the 1925 World Series on the Evening Star's scoreboard. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12287, v. 1, no. 11 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A smiling couple in an open car with a man beside them — March 4, 1925 Calvin and Grace Coolidge with Senator Charles Curtis ride to the Capitol for the inauguration, March 4, 1925. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12285 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men with flags and an open car decorated with flags in front of a big building — May 30, 1925 American Legion colour bearers and a flag-decked car outside a large public building in the Memorial Day parade of 1925, the Washington Monument beyond. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 36012 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Marchers and crowds on a wide avenue with tall buildings — July 20, 1925 The Maccabees parade on Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Treasury, July 20, 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 36571 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Long columns of white-robed marchers on an avenue lined with crowds — August 8, 1925 Members of the Ku Klux Klan march down Pennsylvania Avenue, August 8, 1925, at the height of the organisation's 1920s revival.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 36604 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A huge parade of white-robed marchers on a broad avenue, spectators in the foreground — August 8, 1925 Ku Klux Klan marchers in white robes fill Pennsylvania Avenue from kerb to kerb on August 8, 1925, watched by packed crowds. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 36630 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Columns of marchers in white robes and pointed hoods on a wide avenue, the Capitol dome beyond — 1926 Robed and hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan march down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol in 1926, crowds lining both sides.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-459 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a long white-robed column marching down an avenue toward the Capitol — September 13, 1926 A Ku Klux Klan parade fills Pennsylvania Avenue below the Capitol, September 13, 1926, seen from above.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12354-1 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Aerial view over dense city blocks — 1928 Aerial view northeast toward Pennsylvania Avenue in 1928, before the Federal Triangle replaced the old blocks.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3031 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wide street crowded with cars beside tall buildings — March 1930 The 4:30 rush hour at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 1930.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3923 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

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