Here are two more great images of the unbuilt Memorial Bridge, the bridge that was almost a tribute to Ulysses S. Grant. Read the previous post on that proposed bridge.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Robs Webstek
Here are two more great images of the unbuilt Memorial Bridge, the bridge that was almost a tribute to Ulysses S. Grant. Read the previous post on that proposed bridge.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Robs Webstek
Many women at the outbreak of the Civil War did not know how to support their favored side. The roles of woman at the time
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 very rare photo of the Capitol Dome under construction shows it as it looked during the early days of the Civil War. Source: Library
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
The West Wing of the White House caught fire on Christmas Day in 1929. These are the photos of the aftermath.
Here’s an interesting drawing that we dug up. It shows the suffrage march line from March 4th, 1913. Source: Library of Congress
Love these snapshots of life in the 1920s. Look at the chunky monkey on the left (sorry if that’s your grandmother). This is from 1922
No, not a plane crash … I mean THE Crash of ’29 (i.e., the Wall Street Crash). This photo is from September 18th, 1929 and
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
Check out this great photo shared by GoDCer Matthew. Thanks for sharing!
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
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.
