Then and Now: Matchbox on 14th Street

Hotel Harrington will have its 100th birthday next year in March. It’s one of the landmark D.C. buildings downtown that was spared the destruction of

Elvis Presley gave a short interview to Jimmy Dean on WMAL on March 23, 1956, a few weeks after he had released "Heartbreak Hotel."

I was taking a nice Sunday walk through Georgetown with Mrs. Ghost when we passed a very unique-looking home at 1523 31st St. NW. It

You think it’s cold today? Well, it is … but 130 years ago, there were some record freezing temperatures causing problems all over the city.

Oh, to have grown up as a teenager in the 1970s, with bands like Zeppelin touring the country. If you were one of those lucky

Below are two photos from a 1913 women’s suffrage meeting on 15th St.  

Oh my, “suggestive songs.” Not good, not good … especially in 1921 when this article was printed in The Washington Times. We came across an amusing

This is D.C., back when alley living was still permitted. Source: Shorpy

Now this is an incredible, detailed map of Virginia outside of Washington. Click on it for a much larger version. Source: Library of Congress

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

Here’s a great film of Washington in the 1930s.

We are grateful for the picture below, since so many of the amazing images on this site come via the Library of Congress! In December