Old Ads & Classifieds

What a fun old print from The Washington Times printed on June 18th, 1912.

Above is an advertisement from The Washington Herald from October 21st, 1922 showing Chevy Chase.

Here is an old classified advertisement from The Baltimore Sun, printed on November 12th, 1845. In the ad, you'll see some interesting property for sale,...

Sweet concert! This is an ad in The Washington Post on February 11th, 1979 for a Kenny Rogers concert. Almost 35 years ago, this was...

Check out this cool beer ad from 1900. Golden Hop ... yum.

Here's a fascinating old advertisement sent in by a GoDCer. Nancy sent in an old ad for her great-great grandfather's business. Source: GoDCer Nancy

Check out this old advertisement from The Washington Post. It was printed on June 23rd, 1961, and you can still go to 585 N. Glebe...

The District had a much darker underbelly in the 1970s and 1980s, including a number of adult theaters in the area. Just check out...

How odd are these old personal ads. I suspect you can imagine some of these on Craigslist today. I'm especially intrigued by the first...

Here's and old ad from 1936 showing a neighborhood that we haven't yet shared with you -- Colonial Village.

Here's an old ad from the roaring 20s.

Here's an old advertisement for Chevy Chase Gardens.

Before the Kennedy Center opening, the National Symphony Orchestra would perform at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. Below is an advertisement from The Washington Post, printed on...

This is an advertisement in The Washington Post, from November 22nd, 1963. You could fly to Houston from Friendship (now BWI) for only $81.15 plus...

Not a bad deal. Two-bedroom for $175 per month back in 1963. This advertisement was in The Washington Post on November 22nd, 1963. The...

What a cool old advertisement for Silver Spring Park, printed in The Washington Times on July 14th, 1907.

Here's an advertisement for Bloomingdale homes from April 15th, 1906. This was printed in The Washington Times. Here are those Bloomingdale homes today.

How would you like to live right off of Dupont Circle for $45 per month? Not a bad deal. This advertisement from Sunday, August...

Our apartment directory listings from 1911 and 1914 were immensely popular, so we dug up another one to share with GoDCers. Here's one from...

We received an email the other day from Stuart asking about 1529 14th St. NW, now the location of the Matrix. After a quick...

We're getting close to the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. In days before, we're digging through the newspapers to see what was happening in...