This is quite a beautiful photo of the Potomac River from 1898. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to locate this photo, but if you have any thoughts, add them below in the comments.
Source: Library of Congress
This is quite a beautiful photo of the Potomac River from 1898. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to locate this photo, but if you have any thoughts, add them below in the comments.
Source: Library of Congress
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
Here is an old photograph from around 1860, showing the Capitol Dome under construction. I don’t think I’ve seen or posted this one before.
Amazing find on the Library of Congress website. This is a map of Alexandria done by George Washington somewhere around 1749.
Source: Glen Echo-Cabin John History This is a terrific email that I received from a GoDCer earlier this week. Getting emails like this always makes
This is both amazing and bizarre. Teenage girls with ukuleles, frozen in time. Random enough for you?
Below is a photo from 1927 of Ruth Jardine, the daughter of Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine. William was also Ambassador to Egypt during
We need your help … this is a photo from the Library of Congress showing a home in Cherrydale. Can anyone identify this home (if
Another great find courtesy of Dig DC and the DC Public Library.This is the Southworth Cottage at 36th and Prospect in Georgetown, home of noted
Think your commute home today will suck? Check this out … Constitution Avenue circa 1937. By the way, do you know why it’s called Constitution
Who doesn’t love National Airport (correct, not Reagan)? There is no argument that the approach from the north as you’re landing, has the best views
We love old ads here at Ghosts of DC and this is a great one from The Evening Star, printed on June 24th, 1906. Source:
This is a cool old photo that we dug up via Google. We found it here. It appears to be some time in the 1920s,
