Tidal Basin Canoeing During World War II
During the dark early days of World War II, people in the city of Washington still found time to relax on weekends. This photo...
Machine Guns at the Lincoln Memorial
The day after Pearl Harbor this is what the Lincoln Memorial looked like. Reminds me a little of what downtown Washington looked like the...
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...
Before Sidwell Friends: The Nourse House
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...
Wright Brothers Fly Over Fort Myer in 1909
We posted another piece about this event a while back. This is a much higher resolution image from the event at Fort Myer.
Source: Library of...
Then and Now View of Lord Fairfax House in Alexandria
Here's a great photo of the Lord Fairfax House at 607 Cameron Street in Alexandria. By the way, Lord Fairfax was the Baron of...
Incredible Colorized 1927 Photo of Car
Two new colorized photos for today! Here's an awesome one we dug up thanks to Pinterest. It's an image originally from 1927. See if...
Can You Identify This 1906 Building?
Whoa, how cool is this old colorized photo. You're looking at a "horseless carriage" back in 1906. The passenger is Senator George P. Wetmore...
Union Station Taxis Before Uber
We love this old photo showing Union Station back in 1914. You're looking at a familiar line of taxis waiting for passengers.
Source: Library of...
Amazing 16th Street Mansion as a Christmas Present!
Here's a great article opening. This was published on Saturday, December 24th, 1910 ... Christmas Eve.
The biggest and most expensive Christmas gift that will...
1950 Horizon-to-Horizon Photo of Washington
This is a cool photo of Washington taken by the U.S. Air Force using a horizon to horizon camera. Check it out.
Source: Library of...
Incredible Aerial Photo of 1922 Washington
You have to click on this photo to see the incredible details of the city from 1922. Wow, just amazing.
Photo of U.S. House of Representatives When Laws Were Once Passed
This photo shows the old United States House of Representatives in a time when laws were passed, senators would verbally spar on the floor, and spend the...
See the End of the Civil War in D.C.
This stunning old photo shows the city of Washington in May of 1865.
Erol’s Video Sold to Blockbuster for $40 Million
Remember Erol's? They were the awesome local video chain where we rented Goonies, Ghostbusters (the original), or the Gremlins. It was a sad day when...
Stunning 1861 Photo of Chain Bridge
We wrote a great post about Chain Bridge a while back. That shared a few images of it, but we recently came across this...
Highly Detailed 1890 Photo of D.C. Streetcar
You have to see the details in this image. Click on it for more to see what a D.C. streetcar looked like well over...
Photo of Man and Boy Outside Treasury in 1885
Check out this great old photo from 1885.
Source: Library of Congress
Check Out the Nationals of the 1880s
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...
Before Russia House, The Irish Free State
Some of you may go to Russia House this weekend for drinks with your friends. Some of you may not. But most of you...
Recognize Row Houses on K Street?
Back in the day, way back, there used to be fine row houses on K St. Now it's overwhelmed by office buildings full of...
