Archive For: January, 2012

The "Rainbow Row" of homes on Cliffbourne Pl. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Blue House at 2509 Cliffbourne Pl. NW – Part 4

The "Rainbow Row" of homes on Cliffbourne Pl. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Red House at 2511 Cliffbourne Pl. NW – Part 3

The "Rainbow Row" of homes on Cliffbourne Pl. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Yellow House at 2513 Cliffbourne Pl. NW – Part 2

The "Rainbow Row" of homes on Cliffbourne Pl. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Green House at 2515 Cliffbourne Pl. NW – Part 1

Washington Times Headline (1902)

Washington Senators Secure Moran of Georgetown

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A Plane Crash in Anacostia

Concorde taking off

First Supersonic Transatlantic Commercial Flight Lands at Dulles (1976)

Hay-Adams residence circa 1890

The Old Hay-Adams House

Col. Benjamin F. Fisher and staff on steps of Signal Corps headquarters, 1816 F St., NW

Great Civil War Photographs of Washington

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Cooling Off in Rock Creek

Riggs Nationals Bank (1919)

Then and Now: Riggs National Bank – 15th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Overturned bus in Petworth (1921)

Slippery When Wet … a Bus Flips in Petworth

District National Bank, Dupont Circle (1924)

District National Bank Branch Office (1924)

150 Rhode Island Ave. NW

If Walls Could Talk: The Seaton at 150 Rhode Island Ave. NW

Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe & Grill

If Walls Could Talk: Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe

Eckington streetcar accident (1919)

Officials Probe Eckington Streetcar Disaster

Sheep grazing at the White House (1919)

Sheep Grazing at the White House

Greek Murder featured

The Greek Murder: A Triple Homicide

Mr. & Mrs. Lindbergh at Bolling Field (1929)

Lindbergh and Wife Land in D.C. Just Prior to Crash

U.S. Capitol 1814

Video Visualizing Early Washington D.C.

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Read This Book: A Neighborhood Guide to Washington, D.C.’s Hidden History

Four prize winners in annual beauty show, Washington Bathing Beach (1922)

The Annual Washington Bathing Beach Beauty Show

Address to the American People

President Garfield’s Assassin: Charles Guiteau’s Time in Washington

White House callers on January 24th, 2012

100 Years Ago: Who Visited the White House?

View of 1335 Wisconsin Ave. & Dumbarton St.

If Walls Could Talk: Au Pied De Cochon and 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW – Part 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)

FDR’s 1941 State of the Union: Four Freedoms Speech

Cherry blossoms featured

Video of the 1944 Cherry Blossom Festival

Streetcar decorated with safety slogans (1922)

Death Runs His Hands at a Careless Man!

Au Pied de Cochon

If Walls Could Talk: Au Pied De Cochon and 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW – Part 1

Streamlined street car passing Washington Monument (1938)

Cool Sunday Photo: Streetcar Passing Washington Monument

Gas range avertisement 1916

Need a Gas Range circa 1916?

Smithsonian Castle (1900)

The Smithsonian Castle … Lazy Saturday Afternoon Photo Share

Proposed Executive Mansion sponsored by Mary Foote Henderson

Proposed White House on Meridian Hill

President William McKinley portrait

President William McKinley’s Second Inauguration (1901)

Old Post Office (1900)

Amazing Photo of the Old Post Office

Big Bear Cafe

If Walls Could Talk: Big Bear Cafe

The Looking Glass

If Walls Could Talk: The Looking Glass Lounge – 3634 Georgia Ave. NW

Pabst Blue Ribbon advertisement - 1903

D.C. and Pabst Blue Ribbon: A Hundred Years of Love

Saving Daylight! postcard (1918)

We Need Daylight Savings … and More Cigars!

Robert Lincoln attends dedication of Lincoln Memorial (1922)

Robert Todd Lincoln Attends Dedication of His Father’s Memorial (1922)

Yosef Alon and family. Photo: Courtesy of Alon family

Israeli Diplomat Murdered in Front of Bethesda Home

Duchess of Idaho

Today on WTOP: Esther Williams (1952)

Grand Review of the Armies - May 1865

Thanks For the Encouragement

Rock Creek Park stone bridge - Beach Drive

Then and Now: Boulder Bridge, Rock Creek Park … and Meet Lansing H. Beach

Close up of accident at Columbia Rd. and Sherman Ave. NW

Wreck at Columbia Rd. and Sherman Ave. NW

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