Faces & Places of Yesterday

Check out this great old photo of 9th St. in 1930. You're looking at what is now A&D Bar.

Take a look here at Garfinckel's at 14th and F St. NW near the Treasury Building. The building still stands and is...

Congratulations to the Class of 2019. Now you're ready for the rest of your lives! Take a little inspiration from this lovely...

Back then it was called Western High School. Washington had that school north of Georgetown, Eastern High School near Capitol Hill and Central High School just north of U St.

Film footage of Washington shows how different things were. Listen to some of the narrative, including the past about George Washington's slaves...

This is from the Georgetown University archives showing a group of young men gathered in a dorm room in 1913.

A herdic cab is a type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus, invented by Peter Herdic of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in 1881.

Take a look at this remarkable view down Pennsylvania Avenue in about 1921. So stunning. View of Pennsylvania...

This amazing old photograph shows the intersection of 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., where the Willard Hotel sits. It has some amazing...

This is a great old map of Georgetown. Click on it for greater details. 1877 map of Georgetown

This crazy old photos shows Georgetown's flooding and the Potomac in 1918. Here's another good piece about it at The Georgetown Metropolitan.

This lovely painting shows Georgetown in the distance as it looked in 1855. View of Georgetown D.C. /...

This lovely old image shows the site of the National Archives early in the construction process. It was taken on July 1st, 1932.

This lovely old photo was taken in 1941. You're looking at the old terminal (then the only terminal) at National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

Okay GoDCers! This is a photo shared by a fellow reader Eric. He sent it in quite a while ago, so I'm a bit...

Take a look at the building below. This is the Federal Aviation Administration's headquarters on Independence Ave. SW. It obviously didn't always look like...

Can you even believe this photo. This dude is just sitting on what appears to be a low stone wall on the south side...

This photo was posted by the National Archives and labeled as "negro laborers, near coal wharf." This beautiful old photo shows the faces of...

Here's a great old photo of Washington back in the 1920s. You're looking down 11th St. NW from L St. Source: National Archives And here is...

We've looked for a high resolution image of Griffith Stadium for quite some time. We finally dug one up at the National Archives. Check...

This is an aerial image of the Willard Hotel undergoing major renovations in the 1980s. Source: Library of Congress