Vintage landscape: canal towpath

C&O Canal towpath, ca. 1900, Library of Congress
Towpath along the C & O Canal near Washington, D.C., about 1900.  The canal was still in operation at this time, principally transporting coal.

Photo by Detroit Publishing Co. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Vintage landscape: the sleeping porch


A sleeping porch was added to the roof of the White House during the Taft Administration. Photo by National Photo Company, via Library of Congress.

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