What a great photo. We uncovered this one at the Historical Society of D.C. website.
Source: Historical Society of D.C.
BTW, they have so many incredible photos that nobody gets to see because they aren’t online. Send them an email and encourage them to scan and publish all their awesome photos so we can all benefit from them. Their collection is amazing and they provide an invaluable service to our city. Also, donate to them, because we need to support them.
Check out this photo of a service station at 14th and Florida. Source: Shorpy Also, here’s an ad for the Wasson Motor Check from the
A heat wave in 1926 was unbearable and some folks took to the cooler confines of Rock Creek for some respite. Below is a photo
Charles Glover was a prominent banker and philanthropist in Washington between the 1880s and his death in 1936. He was the President of Riggs Bank,
What a cool photo. This was taken on August 26th, 1922, when this gentleman was hanging from the top of the Capitol to paint it.
This stunning old photo shows the city of Washington in May of 1865.
I thought the triple homicide post I put up was crazy. This one is right up there. The National Capital Brewery (cool PDF here) was a
We love getting stuff like this from readers. Here’s the email we received last week from a GoDCer. Dear Ghosts of DC: I just uploaded
You might be wondering why the GoDC posts have been so sporadic recently. Well, there’s been a small addition to the family taking up the
I can’t make out the sign above the door at left, can you? I’d like to do a little digging on this collapsed building. The
Remember Au Pied de Cochon on Wisconsin Avenue? How about the story of the Soviet spy Vitaky Yurchenko?
This beautiful old photo shows the construction of Memorial Bridge looking from D.C. towards Arlington National Cemetery. The photo is dated May 15th, 1928. Source:
This is an old photo showing a row of parked cars along Virginia Ave. SW. Check out the Google Street View below. Source: Shorpy [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,87.63,,0,4.65&layer=c&panoid=AbrZdO7-MJlqHhyJ3styhA&cbll=38.8855,-77.021597&dg=opt&ie=UTF8&ll=38.853612,-76.980515&spn=0.341689,0.724411&t=m&z=11&source=embed&output=svembed]
