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Washington, D.C., circa 1937. "Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. building, exterior, Louisiana Avenue." 8x10 acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.
Below is the same view from August of 2019.
Those statues welcoming visitors are certainly a bit strange. One assumes they are supposed to be lions.
[Sort of an Art Deco griffin-like creature. -tterrace]
[They're griffins, not lions, and weird, not "wierd." -Dave]
It is still there, but is now the offices of law firm, Jones Day. Across the street from the Upper Senate Park and the Japanese War Memorial it sports two large Magnolia trees that are shaped somewhat like Acacia trees.
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