Ice Skating in D.C. (1919)

This beautiful old photograph of the Washington Monument, lit up at night, was taken in 1933. Click on it for some great details. Source: Shorpy

We posted a cool old rural map of Tenleytown a short while back. Here’s a map from the same group, showing Anacostia back in 1892.

You have to love these amazing colorized photos from Shorpy (B&W one here). This is a photo of Marion Leech, the daughter of Abner Y.

On the chance that something related to our favorite police officer had been added to the Library of Congress archives, we ran a quick search

What is the legend behind Three Sisters Island in the Potomac? It dates back centuries to when the Algonquins lived in what became DC.

Check out this great old advertisement that we dug up in The Washington Times from September 7th, 1919. Source: Library of Congress

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.

Check out this terrific high resolution photo from 1920. It shows an Oldsmobile just after crossing Boulder Bridge on Beach Drive. Source: Library of Congress

This is awesome. This was only two years ago, but this is history that we all remember. It is one of those performances that will

Plan of part of the city of Washington : on which is shewn the squares, lots, &c., divided between William Prout Esq'r and the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, agreeably to the deed of trust / laid down from a scale of 200 feet pr. inch by N. King, 1800.

Check this out. This is an interesting find. It’s a simplified driving map of the city for tourists trying to get around the popular sites

Ah, kids will be kids. Even your grandparents and great-grandparents were kids once, and they too got themselves into trouble. So don’t feel so bad