Faces & Places of Yesterday / 13.07.2018
View of Georgetown in 1855
This lovely painting shows Georgetown in the distance as it looked in 1855. Source: Library of Congress...
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....
Faces & Places of Yesterday, GoDC Challenges / 11.06.2018
Where Is This Car?
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 late on sharing this with the group. But, I promised to crowd-source...
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 this. Now look below at what the...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Notable People & Places / 14.03.2018
The White House Before Fences and Security
Can you even believe this photo. This dude is just sitting on what appears to be a low stone wall on the south side of the White House. This would be E St. today and if...
This photo was posted by the National Archives and labeled as "negro laborers, near coal wharf." This beautiful old photo shows the faces of regular African-Americans in the 1860s, living and working around Alexandria. Photos like...
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 what...
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 it out below. Griffith Stadium from the air in...
This is an aerial image of the Willard Hotel undergoing major renovations in the 1980s. Source: Library of Congress...
During the dark early days of World War II, people in the city of Washington still found time to relax on weekends. This photo was taken on a Sunday in July 1942 by John Collier. In...
The day after Pearl Harbor this is what the Lincoln Memorial looked like. Reminds me a little of what downtown Washington looked like the day after 9/11. Machine gun sets up outside the...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 04.01.2018
Car Dealerships Prohibited From Selling During World War II
These photos show a cool old building on 14th St. in Logan Circle which still stands today. It used to be an automobile dealership and the photos below are from 1942 during World War II. In...
This lovely photo is captioned as the Charles Joseph Nourse House in Tennallytown (read about the name's history). This is the main administrative house today and it's known as Zartman House. It's a beautiful old farm...