
Mount Vernon and the historic Fort Washington guard the opposite banks of the Potomac River in this early 1950s survey of the Maryland and Virginia borderlands. The landscape transitions from the suburban development of Hybla Valley and Gum Springs in Fairfax County to the more rural, wooded expanses of Prince Georges and Charles Counties. Key infrastructure of the era is visible, including the Mt Vernon Memorial Highway and Hybla Valley Airport, alongside local landmarks like Marshall Hall Park and the South Hampton Raceway.
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2 editions found
1890 · Mt. Vernon
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Mt. Vernon
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1892 · Brandywine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Mt. Vernon
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1895 · Brandywine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1897 · Mt. Vernon
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1899 · Patuxent
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1900 · Washington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Patuxent
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1911 · Brandywine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500