Skip to content
The Best Of
Neighborhoods
Southwest DC
Waterfront
Maryland
Gaithersburg
Rockville
Bethesda
Hyattsville
Silver Spring
Bladensburg
Virginia
McLean
Falls Church
Alexandria
Vienna
Arlington
Southeast DC
Congress Heights
Navy Yard
Capitol Hill
Anacostia
Northeast DC
Trinidad
Woodridge
Deanwood
Brookland
Northwest DC
Tenleytown
Park View
Friendship Heights
Brightwood
Crestwood
Sheridan-Kalorama
The Palisades
Logan Circle
Petworth
Glover Park
Bloomingdale
Georgetown
Woodley Park
Dupont Circle
Columbia Heights
Cleveland Park
Adams Morgan
Mt. Pleasant
Chevy Chase
Cathedral Heights
Chinatown
Lost Neighborhoods
Hell’s Bottom
Swampoodle
Murder Bay
Notable People & Places
Places
Washington Monument
Library of Congress
The White House
The Capitol Building
Dulles Airport
People
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Officer Sprinkle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Warren G. Harding
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Published
April 17, 2013
A Look Back in Time: A View of Georgetown in the 1850s
Take a look back in time and explore what Georgetown looked like in the 1850s with this amazing view of the city. See the lithograph and printed colors by E. Sachse & Co.
Exploring the Structural Work of the Capitol Dome in a Photo from the 1920s
1877 View of the Washington Monument Under Construction as Seen from the Smithsonian
No posts found
This is a great view of what Georgetown looked like in the 1850s.
View of Georgetown D.C. / lith. and printed in colors by E. Sachse & Co.
More For You
Exploring the Proposed Design for the Smithsonian Castle in 1846
Exploring History Through a 1919 Newspaper: The Evening Star
No posts found
A Look Back at the Construction of the Library of Congress in 1893
Exploring 50 Years of History: An Ad from Washington a Day Before Kennedy's Assassination
No posts found
A Look at Fascinating Old History of the Naval Museum
A Look Back at the Construction of Meridian Hill Park – Mary Foote Henderson’s Vision
No posts found
Exploring the Aftermath of the 1968 Riots on H Street in Washington, DC
A Look Back in Time: East Capitol Street from the Dome, 1880 and Today
No posts found
1891 Map of Street Sweeping
1886 Plan to Fill In and Build Over Rock Creek
Exploring an 1857 View of Washington, D.C. with the Smithsonian in the Distance
No posts found
Metro Trains Were Almost Bright Red!
Robert Todd Lincoln Attends Dedication of Lincoln Memorial
The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska's Mansion
No posts found
Photos of 1940s Boarding House Living in DC
History Behind Lion Statues in House of Cards Opening Credits
History of Washington's Suburbs
No posts found
Popular Posts
Revisiting the Construction of the Washington DC Metro
No posts found
A Look at the Amazing Anti-Flirt Club and Their "Anti-Flirt Week" from 1923
Amazing View From Capitol Dome in 1863
Photo of Boyish Kennedy and Nixon
What D.C. Looked Like in 1970: Check Out This Amazing Photo from DDOT
No posts found
Enjoy daily
Ghosts of DC stories.
SUBSCRIBE
No thanks.