This fascinating old photograph shows the Washington Nationals playing at Swampoodle Grounds in the 1880s. Click on it for some amazing details. Source: Architect of the Capitol
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Lease Requirements to Replace Griffith Stadium
The baseball nuts in the crowd are going to find this fascinating. Griffith Stadium off of Florida Ave. NW was where the old Washington Senators used to play baseball, and they were decent in the 1920s, but by the time …
Read More »What Does a World Series Look Like in D.C.?
The chances of us finding out this year are incredibly small. But, just to show you what it once looked like, take a look at this photo below showing Griffith Stadium in 1925. We were in the World Series that …
Read More »Rare 1956 Color Photos Inside Griffith Stadium
These are so cool. We found them on Twitter by one of our favorite tweeters, @MLBcathedrals. These photos are from 1956 during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Read More »Rare Photo of Walter Johnson and Gabby Street
Here is a rare photo that we haven’t yet come across. We found it at the Detroit Public Library, of all places. Make sure you read the story about how Gabby Street was the only person to ever catch a …
Read More »1886 Scorecards for the Washington Nationals
What an amazing old baseball find here. This is a scorecard marked up for a game on August 18th, 1886. Also, check out the great advertisements around the scorecard. The Nats, by the way, finished 28-92 that season, good for …
Read More »Washington Senators 1920 Spring Training Photo
This photo shows the Washington Senators team during spring training of 1920. They came in sixth place out of eight that year, finishing 68-84. A short few years later, they would be world champs. Source: Detroit Public Library
Read More »President and Mrs. Coolidge Go to World Series
The Washington Senators were in the World Series in 1924, and ultimately would come away victorious. What you might not know is that Grace Coolidge (she also spent some time in Columbia Heights) was a huge baseball fan. Her husband, …
Read More »President Johnson and Opening Day 1967
We’re way late on this, but better late than never. This is a terrific photo shared with by old GoDC friend Phil. Thanks for sending this along Phil, and so sorry it took a little extra time to post it. …
Read More »Nationals Ballpark Destroyed by Fire Three Weeks Before Opening Day
GoDCer Rych sent in a couple great photos which piqued our interest in the fire that destroyed our old ballpark. No, not Griffith Stadium (where was the stadium and what did it look like like?), but the one before that. The …
Read More »1924 Washington Senators Team Photo
What a terrific photo of the Washington Senators from 1924. Source: Library of Congress
Read More »1930s Film of Washington Senators Spring Training
Check out this great film footage from 1931 showing the Washington Senators during spring training. We found these at the Moving Image Research Collection at the University of South Carolina. And, here’s another great one of them during 1934 spring …
Read More »What Did Walter Johnson’s Voice Sound Like? Listen To This 1939 Senators Broadcast.
It’s been extremely difficult for me to track down any audio recording of the greatest pitcher of all time, Walter Johnson. We have written so much about him, and yet, we have no idea what is voice sounded like … …
Read More »Oh, You Nationals! Keep It Up, Boys!
What a fun old print from The Washington Times printed on June 18th, 1912.
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