Tag: 1860s

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 photo was posted by the National Archives and labeled as "negro laborers, near coal wharf." This beautiful old photo shows the faces of...

This stunning old photo shows the city of Washington in May of 1865.

We wrote a great post about Chain Bridge a while back. That shared a few images of it, but we recently came across this...

The sad truth is that slave pens existed in and around all of Washington. This photo shows one of those in Alexandria...

These old Civil War photos of Alexandria are amazing. This one shows the steam frigate Pensacola in 1861, the beginning of the war. Click...

This photo is a great moment in time, showing life on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1865, right at the end of the Civil War. Source: New...

This wonderful old image from the 1860s shows F St. near the end of the Civil War. The details are quite incredible when you...

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

We posted a great old photo of the old State Department Building earlier. Here's another, similar angle photo of the building, but much clearer....

Check out this cool photo of the city back in 1861. Click on it for a larger version. Source: Library of Congress

We posted a cool old property map of Columbia Heights the other day. Today, we're showing you something that we dug up...

This property map of Columbia Heights from 1869 shows John Sherman's subdivision with the old street names (learn about the street names...

Amazing old photograph of the Smithsonian Castle back in 1867, a couple years after the Civil War. Source: Smithsonian

This very rare photo of the Capitol Dome under construction shows it as it looked during the early days of the Civil War. Source: Library...

I love old railroad photos like this. You're looking at a couple photos of the Alexandria railroad roundhouse back during the Civil War. They're...

Some of you may recall the naming debates we posted about Tenleytown some time ago. We did some more history sleuthing for some good...

Here is an old Civil War map of Arlington. This map was for reconnaissance, done by Benjamin Church. The orientation is a little different...

Here is a great old photo from 1863 showing Alexander Gardner's photo gallery at 7th and D. Click the image for a detailed version. Source:...

This is a terrific old map from the Civil War, showing the Washington Aqueduct and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.   Source: LIbrary of Congress