This stunning old photo shows the city of Washington in May of 1865. ...
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This photo is a great moment in time, showing life on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1865, right at the end of the Civil War. View on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.[Soldiers, civilians and children stand...
This is a photo that we haven't seen before. It shows most of downtown D.C. in 1911 as seen from the air. Click on it to see the amazing details. Circa 1911. "Washington...
This is a great old photo of the Heurich Brewery, taken in 1910. The brewery stood on the current site of the Kennedy Center. Source: Library of Congress...
How things stay the same. Check out the faces and expressions of these young men. These guys aren't that different from these guys about 40 years later. Source: Georgetown University I wonder...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured / 05.09.2014
What Did U.S. Postal Service Planes Look Like During World War I?
What an awesome old photo of a U.S. Postal Service plane from 1918. Two Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" airmail planes parked at the temporary airmail field at Washington, DC’s Polo Field, a small strip...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured, The Best Of / 06.08.2014
View of the Capitol from Maine Street SW in 1865
This photograph was taken in April 1865, which would have been right around the time of President Lincoln's assassination. You can see the unpaved roads of Maine Street, SW. There are buildings in the foreground with the...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured, From GoDCers / 20.02.2014
GoDCer’s Postcard of the National Hotel
GoDCer Monica sent in this great postcard of National Hotel after we posted about the hotel the other day. Thanks Monica!...
Featured, Guest Posts, Historical Events / 29.11.2013
Reverend Alexander Crummell’s Thanksgiving Sermon, November 26, 1895
Reverend Alexander Crummell was an African American who was recognized by WEB Dubois for his abilities in the book Souls of Black Folk (1903). We found the sermon he gave entitled A Thanksgiving Sermon, on November...
Featured, Three Things... / 30.09.2013
Three Stories About the Dresden
We noticed last week that there were a few searches on our site for The Dresden, that beautiful building at 2126 Connecticut Ave. NW. The building...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured, From GoDCers / 09.09.2013
Slideshow of Ford Motor Company Archival Images of DC
Here are some great images shared with us by GoDCer Adam. These are from Ford Motor Company's archives showing Washington around 1916. [slideshow]...
How cool is this?! It's a hand-drawn map of Washington, centered on Scott Circle. The map is oriented with west at the top, and you'll see Dupont Circle at the top right. This...
What a cool find. Thanks to GoDCer Ben and Twitter user @ToddRadom. Source: @ToddRadom...
Source: Library of Congress We came across this advertisement in the December 17th, 1877 Evening Star. Luckily, the home on P Street is still there and you...