Before Sandy swept through town, autumn was ablaze at the National Arboretum in these photos taken with the Instagram app on the iPhone.
Sen. Arlen Specter campaigns with first daughter Julie Nixon in South Philadelphia in 1972.
President Calvin Coolidge, with Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris on his right and New York Giants manager John McGraw on his left, posed with members of the two teams before a 1924 World Series game, the only title in Washington baseball history. Right: Joe Judge is called out at second base on a play during the 1925 World Series, won by the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Senators.
From left: Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps; Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), a captain in the Marine Corps Reserve; and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a captain in the Air National Guard, pose for a photo Thursday on the House steps of the Capitol.
A mermaid was just one of the attractions at the "Spirits of Tampa" party sponsored by the Distilled Spirits Council at the Florida Aquarium during the Republican National Convention.