US places:historical views Gallery

Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Oldest Dickinson College building, "Old West" Hall, designed by Benjamin Latrobe, built in 1803 to replace the original college hall, which burned.
Digital photograph

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Washington DC and the original Capitol building, 1810

Washington DC from Capitol Hill in 1810, and an inset view (upper right) of the original Capitol (which burned in 1814).
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, 1870s

Minneapolis, village of St. Anthony, and St. Anthony's Falls on the Mississippi River, Minnesota, 1870s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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