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Congress Heights advertisement - May 17th, 1902 (Washington Times)

Congress Heights: The Healthiest and Most Delightful Suburb of Washington

Ghosts of DC store

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Washington streetcar circa 1890 (Library of Congress)

History Nerd? Submit to the D.C. Historical Studies Conference Today!

Brookland homes advertisement in the Washington Post - May 10th, 1925

Brookland: New Six-Room Houses; Built-in Garages

Glover Park homes advertisement in Washington Post - October 14th, 1928

Value Asserts Itself in Glover Park

Colorado Building at 14th and G St. NW

The Crazy Family Problems of Real Estate Man William Matteson

Cathedral Highlands advertisement in the Washington Herald - June 23rd, 1907

Move to Cathedral Highlands: An Unobstructed View of the Entire Surrounding Country

Miss Jessie Hoover, of the Department of Agriculture in 1923 (Shorpy)

Colorized Photo of the Milk Woman, Miss Jessie Hoover

Pearl Harbor 1941

The Morning of Pearl Harbor

Chevy Chase Circle (Wikipedia)

Three Things That Happened At Chevy Chase Circle

Edward M. Fossler article headline in Washington Post on August 15th, 1903

Crushed In Elevator, Edward Fossler Falls Ten Stories

Harlan Randall of the Washington Opera in 1925

Spooky Colorized Photo of Washington Opera Singer

Lusitania sinking off the coast of Ireland (Ken Marschall)

Book a Crossing on the Lusitania: The Fastest and Largest Steamer Now in Atlantic Service

Army jeep containing soldiers on 9th Street with civilian car next to it. There is a sign over a storefront on the corner of the street which reads "SABIN'S 9TH & U RECORDS". Shows the northwest corner of the 9th and U Street (Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History)

U St. and the Dickson Building After the Riots

Robinson and King were receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Robinson had just retired from professional baseball earlier in the year. The photograph was probably taken by either Robert or George Scurlock (Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History)

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson Together at Howard University

Capitol Building after World War I Armistace Day (DC Public Library Commons)

Washington Goes Wild to Celebrate Armistice Signing (1918)

Officer Sprinkle

Officer Sprinkle Breaks Up Street Brawl

White House daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr. in 1846 (Library of Congress)

Earliest Photograph of the White House

Shaw's Tavern

If Walls Could Talk: Shaw’s Tavern and 520 Florida Avenue NW

John DeFerrari's book: Lost Washington, D.C. (Amazon.com)

Read This Book: Lost Washington, D.C.

First Ghosts of DC shirt ... Officer Sprinkle was a badass

The Bambino, Beer, The Tivoli, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Our First T-Shirt and the Vice President of What?

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Babe Ruth Runs Into Wall; Knocked Unconscious

Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg - July 7th, 1937 (Library of Congress)

We Want Beer! The 1937 All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium

Connecticut Avenue bridge wreck in 1925 (Shorpy)

Two Die When Car Plunges Off Connecticut Ave. Bridge

D.C. Commissioner, Melvin Hazen, who chose the design, is pictured with the new flag October 17th, 1938 (Library of Congress)

At Last! DC Finally Gets Its Own Flag

1880s pen knife

Cries of Murder; Man Slashed Several Times, Leaps From Window

Teddy Roosevelt on horseback (History.com)

Teddy Roosevelt Whips Young Lady Passing Him on Horseback

Sailor of woman at the Tomb of the Unknown Solder in 1943 (Library of Congress)

Anonymous World War II Couple Visits Unknown Soldier

Sanborn Firemap of Columbia Heights in 1903 (LIbrary of Congress)

Old Columbia Heights: Where the Streets Have New Names

Janis Joplin (Wikipedia)

Janis Joplin Plays Merriweather Three Weeks Before Woodstock

The Police live in 1979

The Police Play the Ontario Theater on Columbia Road

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Vice President Calvin Coolidge Evacuates the Willard Due to Fire … and an Awkward Encounter

Jerry Garcia at Winterland in 1972

Grateful Dead Play Free Show at American University

Tivoli Theater (photo by Flickr user dbking)

If Walls Could Talk: Tivoli Theater Was “The Temple of the Arts”

Mt. Vernon (Wikipedia)

You Should Visit Mt. Vernon

Trombone Shorty at the Howard Theatre

Titanic, Napoleon, Air Force One, Mafia Wars, Knights Templar and Petworth

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Weller’s Pharmacy: Capitol Hill’s Connection to the Knights Templar

Sanborn fire insurance map circa 1903

Petworth is Like Omaha

Inside the District jail during Christmas around 1920 (Library of Congress)

Herbert Copeland: The Last Person Hanged in D.C.

Alligators in their enclosure in the original Animal House, also known as the Carnivora House, which opened in 1892 and was the first permanent building at the National Zoological Park. The alligators are housed in the "temporary" wooden wing of the structure (Smithsonian)

Proposed Location for a Zoological Park Along Rock Creek

Air Force One lands in Dallas, November 22nd, 1963

President’s Jet Breaks 15 Records to Moscow

Chinatown Gate

Washington’s Chinese Mafia Wars

Statue of Duke Ellington outside Howard Theatre

The Original Opening Night at the Howard Theatre

titanicsinking

100 Years Ago Today: Major Archibald Butt, D.C. Resident, Boards Titanic for Transatlantic Crossing

Illustration of Mr. Hammond's hair loss (Washington Times)

Why Bother Shaving? X-Ray Away Your Unwanted Hair

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