Check out this great old advertisement from The Evening Star back in 1904. It shows a number of great properties for sale in then-new Columbia Heights, which was booming with development. Evening Star - May...
In the Paper / 02.10.2018
Balloon “Bootleggers” Chased By Police
Did you know that selling balloons on the streets of D.C. was made illegal back in 1934? There was quite a booming industry of balloon vendors trolling the streets, getting parents to buy balloon for eager...
In the Paper / 16.07.2018
Horse Dealers Claim Automobiles a Fad
This is a great old article that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 14th, 1900. We see this same ignorance or protectionist tendencies to this day. Look at taxis versus Uber and Lyft, or...
No more foreign cars! They're an abomination and a detriment to our economy ...
In the Paper / 11.12.2017
Booming Georgetown in 1922
This great newspaper clipping is from The Washington Times on January 29th, 1922. Source : Library of Congress...
Pre-dating Uber drivers by about 160 years, the hackmen of Washington used to provide transportation to locals and visitors alike. Hackmen used to rule the streets of the city, taking people wherever they wanted to go....
What do you think? Is Washington the most beautiful city in the world? I have to believe that I'm biased, but I do think it is certainly one of the most beautiful cities in the world....
In the Paper / 01.12.2014
D.C. Lacks National Representation … Still
This print is still appropriate today ...
This is such a cool cutaway drawing of the Evening Star Building at 11th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW. We posted a great photo of it some time ago, but this was something we had to share...
Here is the front page of the Alexandria Gazette, exactly 110 years ago today, January 2nd, 1904. Source: Library of Congress...
One hundred years ago today, these two images were the front pages of The Washington Times and The Washington Herald, respectively. Merry Christmas GoDCers! Have a great, relaxing time around the tree with your families.
Everyone else is going to be covering the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination and there will be no shortage of stories about it. Here at Ghosts of DC, we want to shed some light on the...
In the Paper, This Day in History / 08.11.2013
Administration Secrecy Gives Rise to Anxiety and False Reports (1913)
Interesting, and yet things never change. I don't know if that makes you feel better or worse ...
The debate over building height is certainly not a new one for Washington. It seems to be heating up again and we thought it would be interesting to dig up previous arguments from the archives of The...