Archive For: February, 2012

54 Rhode Island Ave. NW

If Walls Could Talk: 54 Rhode Island Ave. NW

Robert H. Muir's World War I Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

Robert H. Muir: Manager of The Cairo

Brentwood Mansion (Columbia Historical Society)

Robert Brent: Friend of Thomas Jefferson and Washington City’s First Mayor

U2 live in 1980

U2 Live in Georgetown Day Before Lennon Shot

U.S. and Iraqi representatives standing on porch of White House (May 28th, 1945)

Prince Adful Ilah of Iraq Visits Washington

Easter Air Lines DC-4

Planes Collide Near National Airport Killing 55; D.C. Loses Home Rule Advocate

13th and Harvard St. NW advertisement (1905)

Open House For 13th and Harvard St. NW Homes (1905)

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Our Five Most Popular Posts … and Five Duds

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

Union Station (1908)

Ron Paul Jacks a Double, More Beach Babes and the History of Constitution Avenue

Ron Paul in Astros uniform (1983)

Ron Paul Crushes a Double in Congressional Baseball

Smith Commons ground floor

If Walls Could Talk: Smith Commons

Washington Gas Light Co. advertisement (1906)

Gas for Lighting and Heating: Buy Now, Pay Later

Ludington Airlines advertisement

Ludington Airlines Sets New World Passenger Mark

JFK at Bowling Green State University

Senator John F. Kennedy Outtakes

Constitution Ave. NW

Why Is It Named Constitution Avenue?

Blaine Mansion (1900)

Blaine Mansion: Pizza and Good Beer Today

Fred & Ethel Mertz

Fred and Ethel Mertz Perform at The Mayflower

View of Washington Monument (1922)

Vista of Monument From Lincoln Memorial

Potomac bathing beauties (1920)

Potomac Bathing Beach Beauties

Basketball and learning the Charleston (1926)

Basketball and the Charleston

Ben's Chili Bowl (Wikipedia)

Why Is It Named U Street?

Miss Elizabeth Ramey (1924)

Local Alexandria Teacher Buys a Ford

Washington Post front page photo (1946)

Murder Victim Admitted His Interest in Men

Arlington House (Library of Congress)

Why Is It Named Arlington?

Kids playing with guns at Woodrow Wilson High School (1943)

Children and a Mock Execution

Sidwell Friends girls' basketball team (1917)

Sidwell Friends Girls’ Basketball Team (1917)

N and Union St. SW (1942)

Incredible Color Photo From Southwest D.C. During World War II

Henry L. Doherty

Suite 870: the Haunted “Ghost Suite” at the Omni Shoreham Hotel

Massachusetts and 21st St. NW (1917)

Car Flattened Near Dupont Circle

Commuter traffic from bus strike (1974)

Bus Strike Creates Traffic Disaster

Joe and Herb doing tricks

A Failed Suicide Attempt to One-Legged Bicycle Acrobat

The Assassination of President Lincoln (1865)

April 10th, 1865: Four Days Before Ford’s Theatre

Washington Lions 1948-89

Before Ovechkin: The Washington Lions and Uline Arena

National Union Building (Wikipedia)

If Walls Could Talk: The New LivingSocial Live Events Center

Fort Myer in Arlington, VA (1917)

Bandits Reign in Sight of Capitol

Nacotchtank - Captain John Smith's map (1612)

A 17th Century History of Anacostia: Captain John Smith, Natcochtank and Settlement

Eastern High School (1910)

If Walls Could Talk: Eastern High School

Washington Monument under construction

The Washington Monument Under Construction

Children on a swing (1924)

Children Swinging in 1924

Whitney Houston wins at the 1986 MTV music awards

Whitney Houston (1963 – 2012) in Washington

Washington Star Building (1900)

Then And Now: The Evening Star Building

Lou Gehrig in 1939 (NY Daily News)

In Hotel Lobbies: Lou Gehrig Celebrates the New Year in Washington

Plain Old Pearson's advertisement (1947)

If Walls Could Talk: Plain Old Pearson’s in Glover Park

Officer Sprinkle

Friday Roundup: Thanks For Reading and Sharing Ghosts of DC

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 3,320 other followers