Check this out. It looks as it does today, minus the Toddle House in the background which is now Mama Ayesha’s.
![Capital Transit demonstration run of a Twin Coach articulated bus (a model they did not end up using), April 3, 1948. This turnaround is still used by buses today [photo by Robert S. Crockett].](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/12/10896004463_3f7d28bb16_o.jpg)
Check this out. It looks as it does today, minus the Toddle House in the background which is now Mama Ayesha’s.
Wow, this is such a cool old photo from the 1920s. Source: Library of Congress
Arthur G. Barkley was an unemployed bread truck driver from Phoenix hijacked a Washington-bound TWA jet, demanding $100 million in ransom. He was distraught from
This is an old photograph we dug up on the Smithsonian’s Flickr feed. It shows a crowd of people near the entrance to the Arts
This is one of the best photos we’ve uncovered in quite a while. Click on it for more. This is the new Willard Hotel around
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
I haven’t done one of these in a while … so, GoDCer Jon, this is for you. A quick Washington Post search uncovered an article
Swampoodle sounds like an area filled with some tough blue-collar dudes. Here’s a little column I found in the Post from January 21st, 1895 about
This is a map of a very rural Foxhall Crescent in 1921.
Do not piss off an angry monkey. It will tear your face off. Never trust a monkey, especially one that is getting its first taste
What an incredible shot, frozen in time. Click the image for higher resolution and look at the details of the United Cigar Stores. Co. You
This is awesome and appears to be the latest minor D.C. Internet meme. Well, I love baseball and I love D.C., so I want to
What a great photograph. We came across this one on Flickr.
