Check out how massive Union Station looks in this photo. This is from 1910, several years after the railroad station was completed.
Check out how massive Union Station looks in this photo. This is from 1910, several years after the railroad station was completed.
Love these snapshots of life in the 1920s. Look at the chunky monkey on the left (sorry if that’s your grandmother). This is from 1922
If you live in the D.C. metropolitan area, and you pay bills, chances are, you’re paying Washington Gas (formerly known as Washington Gas Light Company).
Not everyone wins an election. Here's a sample of some people who ran for D.C. Council and didn't make it.
Hopefully we are earning a GoDCer for life in Ayanna by posting all of these Hillcrest-related advertisements. If you know the person that lives here,
The final regular season game of the 2012 regular season was a little bittersweet. Sure, Teddy finally won a president’s race (with some timely assistance
Here’s an interesting drawing that we dug up. It shows the suffrage march line from March 4th, 1913. Source: Library of Congress
This is a great old map of the area surrounding Brookland in 1903.
This is an old photo of J.P. Morgan walking in front of the Capitol Building in 1912. He was in town to testify before the
Here is a great old photograph of the 1908 Washington Senators. They were 67-85 that year 22.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the pennant.
Many women at the outbreak of the Civil War did not know how to support their favored side. The roles of woman at the time
A Washington Post article from December 16th, 1928 celebrated the 50th anniversary of telephones in D.C. with a detailed history of its origins. The article mentions that there were 150,000 phones in the city, approximately one for every 3.4 people.
This is amateur 16mm film shot and uploaded to YouTube. The voiceover is amusing, but the scenes are a great step back in time over 80 years.
