Eisenhower Inauguration Seen From a Blimp [Slideshow]

Here’s a pretty cool set of photos from January 20th, 1953.

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Cleveland Heights - 1889

1889 Cleveland Park Real Estate Ad

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Looking east at construction on Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Note the statue on the partially-constructed pedestal just to the right of the abutments (bottom center). The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts erected this mock-up to determine how high statues on the piers of the bridge should be.

Cool 1928 Photo of Arlington Memorial Bridge Construction

December 28, 2015

Sherman's subdivision of Columbia Heights in 1869

Cool 1869 Property Map of Columbia Heights

December 23, 2015

This Was F Street at Night in 1955

August 26, 2015

Rare Photo of Walter Johnson and Gabby Street

April 30, 2015

Heurich Brewery in 1910

Photo of Heurich Brewery in 1910

March 13, 2015

Mormon Temple DC

Mormon Temple Outside D.C.: Three Great Stories

December 3, 2012

John Russell Pope’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln , 1912

Other Proposed Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

June 17, 2013

Ulysses S. Grant memorial lion in House of Cards opening credits

History Behind Lion Statues in House of Cards Opening Credits

February 20, 2014

1906 map showing the original boundary milestones of the District of Columbia

1906 Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones

February 25, 2015

Map of Original Land Owners in Washington City

December 27, 2013

1916 Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free." Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W. (Shorpy)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

July 6, 2012

Key Bridge under construction

Key Bridge Under Construction

October 5, 2012