Old Ads & Classifieds

Harry Wardman was a prolific developer of Northwest in the 1920s. This ad from The Evening Star shows some of his homes on Cathedral Ave. in Woodley Park.

What did homes look like in 1920s Silver Spring? This advertisement promotes "growth now has brought modern, rapid transportation."

This map is so fascinating, showing Tennallytown (i.e., Tenleytown today) and Reno (long-since razed). It was done by G.M. Hopkins & Co. in 1894. Make...

We posted some cool old maps of Petworth's development in the early part of the 20th century yesterday. Today, here are some...

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,...

Piggly Wiggly is a seriously southern brand, which no longer exists in Washington. But here's a cool old advertisement showing the Pig back in...

We love sharing old real estate advertisements from the area. Check this one out, showing a home in Chevy Chase, published on January 6th,...

You could hand your own piece of Wisconsin Avenue real estate for only $50 down back in 1908. Not a bad deal!

This cool old advertisement shows a competition for flying innovation in the early 20th century. Click on it to read more and see that...

How cool is this find? We dug up this great old menu for the Willard Hotel's room service at Discover DC History. Click on...

This cool old advertisement from 1904 shows some homes at 11th and D St. NE for sale. It looks like each building...

This great old advertisement from The Washington Times was printed in 1913. Click on it for some great details and read through the copy. Source: Library...

We love digging up old ads from the papers like this one showing some great old real estate in Chevy Chase. You could get...

Here's an old advertisement that we found in The Washington Times from Saturday, June 4th, 1910. It shows a row of homes on...

What an amazing old baseball find here. This is a scorecard marked up for a game on August 18th, 1886. Also, check out the...

This is great. It's an old commercial for America Online. Sometimes we forget the Internet of the 1990s, but this is a great example...

We love old ads here at Ghosts of DC and this is a great one from The Evening Star, printed on June 24th, 1906. Source:...

Can you find these homes today? I did some sleuthing and the best I could come up with was E Walnut St between Little...

Here is an advertisement in The Evening Star for real estate in West Woodridge, off of Rhode Island Ave. NE. It was printed on May 6th,...

This is an old ad from The Evening Star printed on Saturday, November 11th, 1922. It's a home for sale in Crestwood at 1616 Allison...

Here is an ad from The Evening Star printed on Saturday, September 14th, 1912 (seven weeks later Woodrow Wilson was elected president -- and...