Browsing Category: Notable People & Places

"Tilden or Blood" by Thomas Nast in Harper's weekly - Febuary 17th 1877 (Wikipedia)

Election Day 1876: Shakespeare at the National, Real Estate Listings and Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel J. Tilden

White House north view - 1901 (Library of Congress)

White House Renovation Is Not Pleasing; Historic Lines Lost, Texas Steers’ Heads for Decorations

Abraham Lincoln for President in the Daily National Republican - July 21st, 1864

For President: Abraham Lincoln of Illinois

Tribute to Abner Doubleday at Arlington Cemetery. Left to right: Clark Griffith, President of the Washington Club, Joe McCarthy, Manager of the N.Y. Yankees and Manager Bucky Harris, Manager of the Washington Senators - April 17th, 1939 (Library of Congress)

Tribute to Abner Doubleday at Arlington Cemetery

Senator Henry F. Ashurst between 1910-1915 (Library of Congress)

Neophyte Arizona Senator Calls For Acquisition of Mexican Territory

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Baseball is Back at RFK Stadium in 1987

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Senator John Stennis Mugged and Shot in Front of Cleveland Park Home

President Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act - April 11th, 1968

President Lyndon Johnson’s Remarks on the 1968 Riots Before Signing the Civil Rights Act

Walter Johnson in 1907

19-Year-Old Phenom Debuts For Washington: Walter Johnson

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)

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

Earliest Photograph of the White House

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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

Teddy Roosevelt on horseback (History.com)

Teddy Roosevelt Whips Young Lady Passing Him on Horseback

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

Statue of Duke Ellington outside Howard Theatre

The Original Opening Night at the Howard Theatre

Napoleon Bonaparte painting

If Walls Could Talk: Chateau Bonaparte on K Street

1913 Washington Senators

A Tribute to Baseball and the Washington Senators

Franklin MacVeagh in 1909 (Wikipedia)

All Ideas of Beauty and Order Are Forgotten in the Suburbs

Mr. Coolidge Takes a Last Look at the White House

The Inauguration of Herbert Hoover in 1929

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Mayflower Hotel Maid Finds Woman Near Death; Husband Shoots Self Through Heart

Old Masonic Temple building (via Jacqueline Drayer)

A “Bomb” is Found and Officer Sprinkle Saves the Day

August 14th, 1924. President Calvin Coolidge and his radio-equipped Buick automobile in Washington. (Shorpy)

Calvin Coolidge, Vermont Native and Our 30th President

Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Bruce Springsteen concert at the University of Maryland in 1973

Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Bruce Springsteen at the University of Maryland

White House Easter Egg Roll (1898)

The White House Easter Egg Roll

Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen Rocks Washington … in 1980

Library of Congress main reading room (Wikipedia)

Library of Congress: Oldest Federal Cultural Institution in America

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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Hart Senate Office Building

Warren Harding, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, gesturing with right hand

Our 29th President, Warren G. Harding

Hirshhorn Museum construction 1972

All Eyes On The Hirshhorn, But It Wasn’t Always Pretty (Or Round)

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Kennedy Center Honors Paul McCartney

"A view of the Capitol of Washington before it was burnt down by the British." Watercolor by William Russell Birch circa 1800. (Library of Congress)

President Adams’ Journey to the New Capital in 1800

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Had a Great Sense of Humor

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The Masters of Our Fate: Winston Churchill Addresses Congress (1942)

Taking off from the South Lawn (Smithsonian)

White House South Lawn Helicopter Landing Tests (1957)

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British Aeronaut Lands Biplane Between War Department and West Wing

Margaret Thatcher at Downing Street

The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, Visits President Carter and the White House

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower: The First President Videotaped in Color (1958)

Chuck Brown

Chuck Brown: The Godfather of Go-Go

David Burnes' cottage in 1894 prior to razing (PGCist on Flickr)

D.C. is Composed of Land from 19 Original Owners

President's Palace design by John Collins

Who Almost Designed the President’s Palace?

Brentwood Mansion (Columbia Historical Society)

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

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