You may not know this, but many years ago, in 1925, Rosslyn was nearly destroyed by a major fire. We came across a crazy article detailing the...
Pictures Tell a Story, The Best Of / 07.01.2014
World War I Soldier Ogling Woman
Here's our next photo for "Pictures Tell a Story." It's a great old shot from 1918 of World War I soldiers motoring through the city on trucks. Source: Library of Congress So, to start, let's look at the soldiers in the last truck. Notice how he's staring at the woman crossing the street. He might not be cat-calling at the moment, but I can assure you, he's about to with his buddies egging him on. The guy at the front of...
Featured, Notable People & Places, The Best Of / 03.01.2014
Photos of The Beatles in Washington, D.C.
We wrote some posts about The Beatles a long time ago, like this one about their first concert and this one about them playing D.C. Stadium. It's been a really long time since we posted about The Fab Four -- and it's one of the most searched terms on our site -- so, here's some more D.C. Beatles-related content. So, here are a bunch of photos we found related to their trip to D.C., taking the train from New York to Union Station on February 11th, 1964. [gallery type="rectangular" link="file"...
This is a really cool old sketch of the original land owners for the city of Washington. Make sure you read this old post about the original land owners. The map was done in 1874 and represents Washington as it would have looked before 1792. Source: Library of Congress And, this is a good read about how John Adams traveled from Philadelphia to Washington as the first president to take up residence here....
Now this is a really super old photo of Washington from around 1857. Click on it for a much larger version to study it. I believe this is a view looking southeast, and the Washington Monument would be just out of the frame on the right. Correct me if I'm mistaken. Also, you should be able to make out the Smithsonian in the distance. Source: Library of Congress...
GoDCers Love Maps, The Best Of / 09.12.2013
1891 Map of Street Sweeping
Now this is interesting. It's a map from 1891 that shows the street sweeping schedule. Source: Library of Congress...
The Best Of / 03.12.2013
Photo of Boyish Kennedy and Nixon
Whoa, this is cool. If you haven't seen this before, it's a photo from 1947 when both Kennedy and Nixon were member of the House of Representatives. Kennedy looks like he's 18 and Nixon about 23. ...
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How cool are these? We stumbled across them on Metro's Facebook page. Source: Architect of the Capitol Below is the caption from their Flickr feed. In late 1959 through 1960, the Capitol Dome underwent a significant repair and restoration effort and at the end of 1959 the exterior of the Dome was surrounded...
This is what the Lincoln Memorial looked like in its early days. This photo is from 1917, during construction of the memorial. Source: Library of Congress Also, don't forget to check out this post on the dedication of the memorial with Lincoln's son, Robert Todd, in attendance....
If you don't remember or know who Rayful Edmond was, you need to watch this full-length movie. He was the king of the crack-fueled, drug-dealing days of the 1980s. If you don't have time for the whole thing (you probably don't, because it's long), here's a brief bio. He was a notorious drug dealer during the days when D.C. was the murder capital. In his heyday, it was reported that his drug organization was raking in $300 million in revenue, while employing 150 people (they were also responsible for...