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"Looking north from George Street down Market Square. The Byward Market Extension (Annex) appears on the right with its two towers and its mansard roof with iron cresting. This building burned down in 1926."

Exterior of the Swan brother's Alexandria Branch, established in 1899. The Swan brothers moved to Alexandria from Waynesboro in Augusta County Virginia and also opened a dry goods store in Washington DC.

Exterior of Thomas B Murphy's home. Murphy ran a prominent lumber company in North Carolina.

Interior of H W Wildt and Son's store, where they created and sold watches and jewelry.

The lumber yards and coal wharves of William A Smoot & Co. The Smoots were a prominent family in Alexandria business and were part of the coal, lumber, and plaster industries.

Exterior of William H May and his son John W May's seeds, fertilizers and agricultural implements store.

Exterior of William B Smoot's home. Smoot was the president of C C Smoot & Co, a tannery.

Centre Block Parliament March, 1901 - Draped for death of Queen Victoria