Beautiful 1864 Photo of Great Falls

We’re trying out a new category called “Lost History” today. We spent a good part of the weekend reading James Goode’s excellent (and depressing) book Capital

This is the beer you’ll see dominating bars like Solly’s, Red Palace or Wonderland. So this short “Old Ads and Classifieds” post is for them.

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

The West Wing of the White House caught fire on Christmas Day in 1929. These are the photos of the aftermath.

Here’s an old print from 1873, showing Ulysses Grant’s second inauguration, looking down Pennsylvania Ave. Source: Library of Congress

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

This is an old photo of J.P. Morgan walking in front of the Capitol Building in 1912. He was in town to testify before the

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

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.

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

This is a really interesting look at a neighborhood, where today, the total value of the properties hovers probably somewhere near $200 million. This map

Now this is a rather interesting article that we dug up from the newspaper. It was printed in The Washington Post on October 20th, 1938, and