Ice Skating on the Tidal Basin

Our last embassy version of “If Walls Could Talk” was quite popular, so here’s another one from the same part of town, Sheridan Circle. California’s

We love these awesome panorama shots. This one is from 1905. Make sure you click on it for a much larger version. Source: Library of

What an amazing photograph from the 1860s. Thanks again to the Library of Congress for this one. Source: Library of Congress

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

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

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.

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

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

Here’s a cool old advertisement for Connecticut Avenue Highlands, now known as Cleveland Park. Click on the ad for a larger version to read the

This is amateur 16mm film shot and uploaded to YouTube. The voiceover is amusing, but the scenes are a great step back in time over 80 years.

Only the Dallas Cowboys saved the Washington Redskins from complete disaster in 1961, the last year they fielded an all-white team. The Washington football franchise,

What a horrible story. We found this printed in The Washington Post on April 6th, 1907. Fire Chief Belt yesterday ordered a thorough investigation of the stabbing