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Gene C · (This post was last modified: 10-11-2012 11:27 AM by Gene C.)

(10-11-2012 11:19 AM)RJNorton Wrote: This is a wonderful photo. I am ready to go see the girls dance even if Gene is not!

"I'll have to see more before I can offer an unbiased opinion
Do we have to pay for parking?

BettyO · 10-11-2012, 11:28 AM

There is a deck right behind the Canterbury. Lew Powell parked his one-eyed nag there....

Laurie Verge · 10-11-2012, 12:54 PM

This is a great photo! The Canterbury was located at 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. If you were to go to that site today, you would be at the FBI Headquarters. That building pretty much wiped out the entire block of old D.C. between 9th and 10th Streets. When you exit Ford's Theatre today and look to your left, you see the back of the FBI.

Every city had a hay market area in those days. The loaded wagons that you see are where D.C.'s hay market was located. Near the left, in the row of buildings, there is a towered building. That was the Central Guard House for the city. In 1862, a Pvt. Lanahan was held here before being executed for shooting and killing his sergeant. There will be a short story about this soon in an issue of the Surratt Courier.