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

This is an old photograph we dug up on the Smithsonian’s Flickr feed. It shows a crowd of people near the entrance to the Arts

This is awesome and appears to be the latest minor D.C. Internet meme. Well, I love baseball and I love D.C., so I want to

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. While trying to confirm President Hayes visited Douglass at Cedar Hill, I came across this

We’re way late on this, but better late than never. This is a terrific photo shared with by old GoDC friend Phil. Thanks for sending

Wow, this is such a cool old photo from the 1920s. Source: Library of Congress

Any idea where this photo was taken? Our alleys no longer look like this, but at one point, many people used to live in D.C.

Here’s a cool short post to end this Friday. I was scanning Shorpy and came across this photograph. I think it’s amazing. The building was

Well, football is coming to a close this weekend and you’re probably thrilled to watch the commercials. Oh, and I’m sure everyone has their plans

Take a look at the crowd in front of the White House on Election Night 1920. The elation is palpable as the crowd exudes utter

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. Arlington National Cemetery, the pre-Civil War home of Robert E. Lee, is a short Metro

Admittedly, I do not focus enough east of the river. I was doing a little digging around the Library of Congress archives and came across

What a cool old image of D.C. as seen from the air in 1918. Click on it for a larger version to see some incredible