Take a look at this great afternoon photo of the old U.S. Patent Office in 1924. The detail is amazing when you click to zoom in on it. This building now serves as the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery.
Take a look back in time with this amazing photograph from 1943. A soldier and a woman in a park, with the Old [Russell] Senate Office Building behind them. A moment frozen in time that will take your breath away.
Fats Domino was banned from performing at Griffith Stadium in August 1957. The Washington Post wrote about the decision, which was made on the advice of the Metropolitan Police department to protect citizens from potential rowdy crowds.
![1943. On maneuvers in wartime Washington. "A soldier and a woman in a park, with the Old [Russell] Senate Office Building behind them." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency, photographer unknown. Office of War Information.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/09/1a35462u_0-1024x815.jpg)
