Amazing 1874 View of Analoston and Aqueduct Bridge

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

With the ridiculous rise in cost of living here in DC, maybe we should go back to the time of boarding houses. We came across

We received a great tweet from @capitolization a while ago and wanted to do a little digging into the history of the Golden Garter sign.

Below is a fascinating old broadside that we came across in the Library of Congress archives. Here is the description … A broadside condemning 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

For this edition of “Why Is It Named…?” we will head out to the Maryland suburbs of Gaithersburg. Do you know the town’s origin? We

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

Here is a great old photograph of the 1908 Washington Senators. They were 67-85 that year 22.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the pennant.

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

This is a beautiful shot of the Memorial Bridge under construction, some time in the early 1930s. It’s part of the Library of Congress’ Theodor

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.