This cool old article from The Washington Post was published on November 3rd, 1889. At the time, Grover Cleveland live north of the city in a lovely old estate called Oak Hill. Eventually, the neighborhood that grew...
You have to see this amazing old photo of the White House. This is a view of the President's Mansion from the south. Source: Library of Congress...
Check out this great old photo from 1885. Photo shows a man and a boy in summer straw hats happily displaying some unidentifiable papers on F Street, with the Treasury and a new...
This fascinating old photograph shows the Washington Nationals playing at Swampoodle Grounds in the 1880s. Click on it for some amazing details. Swampoodle Grounds (near present day Union Station), also known as Capitol...
This 1885 map shows what would become the northern part of Columbia Heights. At the time, it was still referred to as part of Mt. Pleasant. The arrow at left points to north. Also, some street names...
These are probably not maps you initially would find interesting, but click on them for greater details. They're fascinating. Source:...
Do you know any of these old Georgetown neighborhoods? Here is an old map of Georgetown from 1885. Plat of the tracts of land called "Mill Seat," "Philadelphia," and "Frogland," from the original...
Check out this great old plan for LeDroit Park from back in 1880. Also, make sure you read up on why it's named LeDroit Park. Source: Library of...
What an amazing old baseball find here. This is a scorecard marked up for a game on August 18th, 1886. Also, check out the great advertisements around the scorecard. The Nats, by the way, finished 28-92...
This isn't the measles scare of today's California. This was an article that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 3rd, 1881. For some historical context, a week before Billy the Kid escaped from jail...
We're guessing a good number of you know the answer to this. There's also a good group of you who don't know, are quite curious, but haven't gotten around to Wikipedia-ing this yet. Well, let's save you...
This is an incredible old map from 1887 showing today's Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights. You have to click on this for greater details. You'll be a little confused...
Check out the transportation used by presidents before Air Force One. Source: Library of Congress...
This is a terrific old map of Washington from 1887. Map of Washington, D.C., and environs : with marginal numbers and measuring tape attachment for instantly locating points of interest within a radius...