What Did G Street Look Like in the 1930s?

Do you recognize where this is on Rhode Island Ave.? GoDCer Andy sent in a plethora of great material some time back and this postcard

What a cool find. Thanks to GoDCer Ben and Twitter user @ToddRadom. Source: @ToddRadom

For over 30 years, the O’s were our default baseball team. So I think it’s okay if we share this photograph of the 1921 Baltimore

This is an incredible stereographic card, taken during the Civil War. It’s a powerful image of an Alexandria slave pen. Source: Library of Congress

Buzzard’s Roost, Ryder’s Castle, Zig-Zag Alley, and the Barracks are all old neighborhoods which were shanties of dirt and filth. We wrote about the rough-and-tumble

What a sad map of the District. This shows the deaths in Washington from lung disease in 1888.

This stunning old photo shows the city of Washington in May of 1865.

This is one of our best GoDCer contributions yet. Tom from Bethesda sent this over to share with everyone else. This was taken on Pennsylvania

In the foreground, you can see the Red Cross building and in the background, the Washington Monument and the Old Post Office Building. Click on

Wow. Anybody remember this store or this commercial? Sweet psychedelic  lights in the stereo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G20MhTlRPo0

What a cool photo. This was taken on August 26th, 1922, when this gentleman was hanging from the top of the Capitol to paint it.

A number of GoDCers have been asking for more east of the river stuff (including our GoDCer friend Ayanna) … so here’s another cool advertisement