What an incredible photograph, dug up at the Library of Congress. This is from May, 1865.
What an incredible photograph, dug up at the Library of Congress. This is from May, 1865.
What an incredible shot, frozen in time. Click the image for higher resolution and look at the details of the United Cigar Stores. Co. You
Wow, this is such a cool old photo from the 1920s. Source: Library of Congress
This is a great picture, shared by GoDCer Mike, showing Harry Atwood, taking off from the South Lawn of the White House. This photo was
This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. Arlington National Cemetery, the pre-Civil War home of Robert E. Lee, is a short Metro
This is an old photograph we dug up on the Smithsonian’s Flickr feed. It shows a crowd of people near the entrance to the Arts
We love old predictions of the future like this. This was an article from The Washington Post printed on December 18th, 1953, the day after
This is a photo of Thomas Circle in April of 1943. Don’t forget to check out this post on how the circle looked in 1920,
This is one of the best photos we’ve uncovered in quite a while. Click on it for more. This is the new Willard Hotel around
This is a horrible story that I came across in the Washington Post. Read this in the context of it being the 1940s because it’s
Arthur G. Barkley was an unemployed bread truck driver from Phoenix hijacked a Washington-bound TWA jet, demanding $100 million in ransom. He was distraught from
Any idea where this photo was taken? Our alleys no longer look like this, but at one point, many people used to live in D.C.
Fascinating drawing of the U.S. Capitol from the 1870s showing proposed modifications to the building. This is the west elevation of the building, the opposite
