Can you even believe this photo. This dude is just sitting on what appears to be a low stone wall on the south side of the White House. This would be E St. today and if...
This photo was posted by the National Archives and labeled as "negro laborers, near coal wharf." This beautiful old photo shows the faces of regular African-Americans in the 1860s, living and working around Alexandria. Photos like...
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 gem. Click on it for more details. Chain Bridge...
The sad truth is that slave pens existed in and around all of Washington. This photo shows one of those in Alexandria during the 1860s. "Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows interior with slave...
These old Civil War photos of Alexandria are amazing. This one shows the steam frigate Pensacola in 1861, the beginning of the war. Click on it for some incredible details. Alexandria, Va. Steam...
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This photo is a great moment in time, showing life on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1865, right at the end of the Civil War. View on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.[Soldiers, civilians and children stand...
This wonderful old image from the 1860s shows F St. near the end of the Civil War. The details are quite incredible when you click on the photo. I'm a little confused as to where this...
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. Click on it for some amazing details. Does anyone know why there are...
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 showing an alternate view of what Meridian Hill could have looked like, starting back...
This property map of Columbia Heights from 1869 shows John Sherman's subdivision with the old street names (learn about the street names here). Make sure you click on it for more details because it's very interesting....
Amazing old photograph of the Smithsonian Castle back in 1867, a couple years after the Civil War. Source: Smithsonian...