Faces & Places of Yesterday
Pastoral View of Washington in the 1860s
Take a look at this photograph. You should be able to make out the Old Patent Office in the background.
Take a look at this photograph. You should be able to make out the Old Patent Office in the background.
Check out this cool shot of D.C. back in 1973. You can see the White House, Lafayette Park, the Washington Monument, and the Potomac. Source: Flickr user usnationalarchives
This is a terrific photo, courtesy of DDOT. Source: Flickr user ddotphotos
Below is a scathing letter to the editor by Clark Mills. You may recognize that name, because he’s the guy who did the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park. We dug this interesting piece up...
Here is a fascinating article we dug up in the Washington Post from April 8th, 1941. At the time, only Boston, New York and Philadelphia had subways. Of course, our country was thrown into World War...
We found this gem of a photo on Flickr. Source: Flickr user ddotphotos
This is a great shot of what Columbia Heights looked like in 1951 (according the the label). It’s the intersection where, today, you’ll find Wonderland and the soccer field behind Tubman. The streetcar tracks are running...
What a different city D.C. was back then. Check out this photo from DDOT. Source: Flickr user ddotphotos
GoDCer, and avid history buff, Mike sent over these great images the other week. I’m finally getting to post these, but take a look and see how great they are. Fascinating old history of the Naval...
Here’s a great photo from August 28th, 1963 showing the crowd at the Civil Rights March.
Here are two excellent photos from 1919 depicting the old service station (no longer there, of course) at 19th and L St.
This is a powerful photo that speaks for itself.
We’re back after a Memorial Day break, refreshed and ready to go! If you fall with pillows wrapped around you, it won’t hurt … at least that’s what this little girl hopes.
We are digging up all sorts of great images on the Smithsonian’s site. Here’s one near Center Market with a view of the Old Post Office Pavilion in the background.
We are loving the Smithsonian Archives! This is a great one from 1874.
This is definitely not what the square looks like today. This series of photos, courtesy of the Smithsonian, depict a far more tranquil and pleasant Farragut Square back in 1919.
This is a view from the top of the Washington Monument, sometime late in 1940s. You’ll see old temporary buildings occupying the current site of the Museum of American History.
Here’s the Thursday edition of “In the Paper” for May 17th, 1912.