Wow. You can barely renovate a bathroom for this amount of money today. Below is an advertisement for 6431 Barnaby St. NW on June 2nd, 1935. Here is the Google Street View of the same property today. Read More »
Below is a fascinating old broadside that we came across in the Library of Congress archives. Here is the description … A broadside condemning the sale and keeping of slaves in the District of Columbia. The work was issued during the 1835-36 petition campaign, waged by moderate abolitionists led by Theodore Dwight Weld and buttressed by Quaker organizations, to have ... Read More »
We love digging through old newspaper classifieds to see these apartment listings. Check out a few of the ones we found this weekend. How about a nice apartment in Dupont Circle for $125 a month? This one is the Rocksboro Apartment building at 1717 R St. NW on June 9th, 1961 How about a place on Meridian Hill near 16th ... Read More »
Wow, this will make you choke. The ad is from January 26th, 1969 in the Washington Post. You know the building. You’ve probably passed it many times, or maybe you know someone that lives there. Check it out on Google Street View. Read More »
This is an awesome blast from the past. Remember the Bayou at K St. and Wisconsin? Check out this lineup of acts from the summer of 1990. For Phishheads, check out Thursday, June 7th, 1990. Read More »
Who doesn’t love beer. It’s Friday! This is an advertisement from the Washington Herald on Saturday, February 7th, 1914. Read More »
What an awesome advertisement in the Washington Times. This is from Sunday, January 28th, 1906. Read More »
You can get lost in these old classified pages. This one is from the Washington Post on Saturday, October 5th, 1895. Turkish Baths anyone? Shampooer of twenty-two years’ experience. How can you turn that down? Read More »
Remember the days when you had to check the newspaper to find movie times? Those days died about 15 years ago, but for some reminiscing, check out this page from the Washington Post in 1969. Also, $2.99 for Led Zeppelin II on LP. Also on November 20th, explicit photos of the My Lai Massacre were published for the first time ... Read More »
Exactly 150 years ago, today, this was an advertisement published in the Daily National Republican (though it seems the ad itself dates to December of the previous year). Also, it’s interesting to note the warning notice regarding fraudulent tickets being sold. Read More »
Maybe this is a little hyperbolic, but that was the ad for the National Clothing Company, at the corner of 7th and D St. NW. Check out this page from the Washington Post classified pages on March 29th, 1879. These are always fascinating to dig through. You can find some serious gems in them. Read More »
The text is a little small and difficult to read, but this is really interesting. This is an advertisement I dug up from May 30th, 1886 in the Washington Post. You could have a pretty nice house for $15,000 or rent one for $40 per month. Not bad. Read More »
This is great. It’s an advertisement from the Washington Post on September 8th, 1889. Read More »
Do you work in the newspaper or media world? You will find this fascinating. These are the ad rates for The National Republican in 1861. Read More »
Here is a great ad (with an exceeding amount of information) from the Sunday Herald, circa 1891. And if you haven’t been yet, make sure to check out the Heurich House Museum, the coolest place you probably haven’t been to. Read More »
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