Notable People & Places

Here's a rare one. You're looking at then-governor Clinton of Arkansas, and Georgetown graduate, delivering the commencement speech at Georgetown for the...

Here is the lovely Old Post Office Pavilion, currently the Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. Old Post Office...

This great old photo shows the Arts and Industries Building on the Mall under construction in 1879. The...

What a lovely old photo of the Smithsonian Castle in 1856. Click on it for incredible details. The...

National Airport in Arlington was opened in the summer of 1941, several months before Pearl Harbor. Below is a fascinating old image...

Washington Monument under construction with U.S. Fish Commission hatching ponds in the foreground and Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in the background.

This lovely old photograph shows the West Wing of the White House shortly after it was completed. Presidential...

I watched The Front Runner this weekend, the story about Gary Hart's implosion of a presidential campaign in 1988. What a...

Can you even believe this photo. This dude is just sitting on what appears to be a low stone wall on the south side...

This is what the National Archives building looked like before it took shape in the 1930s. What a fascinating old photo. Source: National Archives

This photo was taken on March 31st, 1963. It shows the whole Kennedy clan happily spending some time together at Camp David. Caroline is...

This amazing find was dug up courtesy of the National Park Service. You're look at a grainy image of Frederick Douglass standing in front...

This great photo shows the Jefferson Memorial back in 1940, before World War II. Source: National Park Service Here's another cool one we dug up.

Many of you know that the Washington Monument sat unfinished for decades, an eye-sore of a stump on what would become the National Mall....

This is one of the best photos we've uncovered in quite a while. Click on it for more. This is the new Willard Hotel around...

Better known back then as the State, War, and Navy Building... This is a lovely old image of the historic and beautiful building. Click...

You have to see this amazing old photo of the White House. This is a view of the President's Mansion from the south. Source: Library...

Now this is a unique post for you. We came across a fascinating directory from the 53rd Congress (i.e., from 1893 to...

What a fascinating and bizarre old photo from 1923. You'll clearly never see something like this again, not unlike the one we shared from...

This beautiful old photograph of the Washington Monument, lit up at night, was taken in 1933. Click on it for some great details. Source: Shorpy

Do you recognize the Treasury Building? This photo shows it back in 1860, before the Civil War. Source: Library of Congress