A fatal pitch during a 1912 church baseball game at 14th and A Streets NE claimed the life of George S. Hiett. This forgotten tragedy unfolded against a backdrop of neighborhood games, citywide injuries, and the shadow of the Titanic.
This is a great old map of the Washington area from 1961 showing all the real estate developments as featured by The Washington Post. We transcribed all 57 neighborhoods and their brief descriptions below. It’s quaint to read all the listings and the directions provided to get to the subdivisions. Remember reading directions or maps to get somewhere? Even printing Mapquest directions seems antiquated. Thanks to Google Maps and Waze, we’re never lost right? Or are we always lost with no...
Take a look back at the history of 910 15th St. NW in McPherson Square! Learn about the evolution of this DC landmark and how it's been transformed into the Camden Parc Apartments.
Get a better look at the Old State Department Building during the Civil War with this amazing photo. Click on it for some amazing details and find out why there are a large number of wooden boxes at the main entrance to the building.
Take a look back at history with photos of historic inaugurations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Barack Obama. See how the ceremonies have changed over the years!
We recently came across some old real estate listings from The Washington Post, printed on July 21st, 1916. Check out the incredible differences between then and now!
Explore the history of the Southern Hotel, a hotel for African-Americans located on 311 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington, DC. See a photograph of the hotel from 1899 and a 1903 map of the area.
Take a look at the famous trio of celebrities who attended the '63 March on Washington: Sammy Davis Jr., Charlton Heston, and Harry Belafonte. See photos from the event!
Take a look at this cool spot on Google Street View and then check out what it looked like back in the early 1920s. See the photos and explore the history of this place!
Join us as we uncover the mystery of the 1913 Washington, DC storm. We'll take a look at the photo, the damage it caused, and what we can learn from it.
