Photos like this can suck up an hour of my time. I just love looking at these. Click on it for a larger version. This shows a scene at 15th and Pennsylvania in 1919. In the background...
21st and C St. NW looked very different back around 1924 (mislabeled by the Library of Congress as 1916). The photo below shows the Potomac Park Apartments. This is the location of the Department of State...
Thanks to GoDCer Jim for sending this in via Facebook. His cousin Catherine has it hanging on her wall, and it's a photo of the opening of the V Drive at Treasury on April 21st, 1919.
Featured, GoDCers Love Maps / 03.03.2014
1795 Map of the Territory of Columbia
Here's a map that we haven't come across before. This shows the Territory of Columbia and the City of Washington surrounded by Maryland in 1795. Click on it for a much larger version. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62ec3Ilgno Many of you will be familiar with these images from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. We haven't yet written about it, but there's an excellent write-up on it at here and at Greater Greater Washington.
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Mary Winsor (Penn.) '17 [holding Suffrage Prisoners banner][/caption]This is Mary Winsor of Pennsylvania in 1917, holding up a sign in support of the National Woman's Party. Winsor was the founder and president...
Here's a fascinating old photo from President Ford's Administration. It was taken on August 10th, 1974. That's important because Nixon resigned the previous day (remember, Nixon's not a crook). Is it just me, or does he...
Featured, Guest Posts, Historical Events / 27.11.2013
Thanksgiving Proclamations
It was Sarah Josepha Hale that wrote to then President Abraham Lincoln, urging him to establish a dedicated national day of thanksgiving. She sent the letter on September 28, 1863. A digitized version of her letter...
This is a great find from archive.org. We dug up an old home movie of a family's visit to Washington and the White House. When you watch it, you'll be shocked to see how different the...
Featured, Other Cool Stuff / 10.07.2013
1970 Plan to Cede D.C. Land to Maryland
Now this is interesting. It's part of the ongoing debate about home rule here, as well as D.C. statehood. How can we really be autonomous if Congress controls our budget and we aren't even represented in...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured / 09.06.2013
Native American Shoots Bow and Arrow Near Rock Creek
This is an odd photo from 1924. It's clearly a staged shot of a Native American posing with his bow and arrow in Rock Creek Park. Source: Library...
Any GoDCers out there recognize this block? I'm guessing that most of these buildings are gone, but maybe that church is still around? Source: Smithsonian Institution Archives...
We love these old photos. This one shows streetcars waiting at 15th and New York Ave. NW, near the White House and Department of Treasury. ...