The above photo from Shorpy is the aftermath of an icy accident in 1920. The car in the photo is a Winton Six, owned by the Republican United States Senator from Pennsylvania, Boies Penrose. It appears that his driver took the turn at an aggressive speed and ended up losing control, smashing the car into that tree. Robert Douglas Bowen’s 1937 ... Read More »
Here’s a nice old advertisement for the new development in the western half of Washington called the “Palisades of the Potomac.” The advertisement was created by the Palisades of the Potomac Land Improvement Company in June of 1890. I came across this while looking through the Library of Congress‘ American Memory pages (which are kind of ugly and hard to ... Read More »
Here’s an odd one. I found an advertisement in the April 30th, 1905 Washington Post which featured Annie Oakley. Apparently she had some problems with dandruff. Read More »
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