Excellent View Down East Capitol from The Capitol Dome

This is pretty amusing and a nice short video to share on a Sunday. This is the opening of Ronald Reagan’s first State of the

This photo shows the Washington Senators team during spring training of 1920. They came in sixth place out of eight that year, finishing 68-84. A

Only the Dallas Cowboys saved the Washington Redskins from complete disaster in 1961, the last year they fielded an all-white team. The Washington football franchise,

Check out this cool shot of D.C. back in 1973. You can see the White House, Lafayette Park, the Washington Monument, and the Potomac. Source:

Our last embassy version of “If Walls Could Talk” was quite popular, so here’s another one from the same part of town, Sheridan Circle. California’s

Where were the police and fire stations located in Washington back in 1880? Check out this great old map. Source: Library of Congress This was

I came across a very sad article in the Washington Post the other day. This is from September 2nd, 1906 and given that a large

Here’s another great photo send in by GoDCer Michael. These two marines are sitting in front of Union Station, on the Columbus Statue as they

By 1854 the Washington Monument was about a third complete when the Washington National Monument Society ran out of funds and had to halt construction.

Here’s a cool old advertisement for Connecticut Avenue Highlands, now known as Cleveland Park. Click on the ad for a larger version to read the

What’s better than a photo of two nuns and a dog? Here’s a shot from somewhere in the 1890s of Sister Beatrice, the superintendent of

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