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Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: Called America's Main Street, this avenue appears on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of the city as the symbolic and practical connection between the President's House and the U.S. Capitol Building. It has been used as a ceremonial route for presidential inaugurations, victory parades, and funeral processions since the early 1800s.

Survey number: HABS DC-706

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historic american buildings survey photo pennsylvania avenue ultra high resolution high resolution us capitol washington dc united states capitol washington dc cityscape detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress
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Date

1933 - 1970
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Location

The Capitol ,  38.88983, -77.00887
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

https://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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