We dug this up on the U.S. Capitol’s Flickr page. It shows the Hart Senate Office Building under construction in 1979. Source: U.S. Capitol

Can anyone identify the location of this photo? It was taken in 1900, showing a United States mail car. Source: Smithsonian By the way, you should check out this awesome old film of a mail streetcar heading down Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Wow, this one is cool. We dug it up on the National Archives’ site. This is a letter from a young Fidel Castro, at the age of 14, who was a student at Colegio de Dolores school in Santiago, Cuba. What’s even crazier is that the guy is STILL ALIVE! Source: U.S. National Archives

What an incredible colorized photo. Source: DC Public Library

Look how different things were well over a hundred years ago. We dug this photo up on Flickr thanks to the DC Public Library. Source: DC Public Library

Any Catholic University folks out there? How do you like this old photo? Source: Library of Congress

Wow, this is an amazing photograph of H St. after the riots. See if you can make out where this is on H St. Source: Sam Smith

We love and support Frager’s and were so devastated when the place burned down. We have full faith that the business will reopen and continue to serve Capitol Hill residents for their hardware needs. Founded by Russian Jewish immigrant, Fritz Frager, it’s an important landmark which has remained stable for over 90 years. In order […]

This is a good old photo we dug up on Shorpy. It shows Potomac Park in 1908, with two cars and a horse and buggy. Source: Shorpy