The long axis

Eras

Alexandria from the Northern Neck Proprietary to the present day, broken into eight periods of roughly comparable resolution.

1. 1669–1775 9 places on file

   Colonial Era

   Northern Neck Proprietary through the eve of Revolution

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2. 1775–1830 24 places on file

   Early Republic

   Revolutionary War through Jacksonian era

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3. 1830–1861 27 places on file

   Antebellum Era

   Slavery, commerce, and the road to war

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4. 1861–1865 12 places on file

   Civil War and Occupation

   Union occupation of Alexandria

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5. 1865–1900 14 places on file

   Reconstruction and Early Jim Crow

   Freedmen's communities, legal segregation

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6. 1900–1960 19 places on file

   Jim Crow Era

   Segregation, WWI, WWII, early civil rights

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7. 1960–1990 19 places on file

   Mid-Century Transformation

   Civil rights, redevelopment, Cold War Alexandria

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8. 1990–present 16 places on file

   Modern Alexandria

   Waterfront redevelopment, Metro expansion, present day

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