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Inauguration Parade for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge , Washington DC, March 4, 1925
Parade, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Harris & Ewing, photographer.
bike riders racing on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Bike race on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
people with signs, marching for civil rights on Washington, D.C. (1963) Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654393/
Civil rights march in Washington, D.C., 1963. Warren K. Leffler, photographer; From the U.S. News & World Report Collection. Library of Congress.
four street performers playing drums on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Street performers on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
inaugural parade and band on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
President Roosevelt's inaugural parade, Washington, D.C. Underwood & Underwood, publishers. From Library of Congress
dancers and musicians celebrate during a festival in Washington, D.C.
Festival on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
Woman Suffrage Parade, Washington, DC 1913. Collections of the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648100/)
Suffragette parade on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C., March 3. Underwood & Underwood.