Learn about Charles Guiteau’s time in Washington before he assassinated President James Garfield. He believed he had played a major role in Garfield’s election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship.
Do you know why we have a neighborhood named after a Caribbean island? Find out how it’s related to today’s George Washington University too.
Check this out … what a fascinating old stereographic photo of the Old Executive Office Building, then known as the State, War, and Navy Building, adjacent to the White House. John DeFerrari posted a great history of the building on
Terrific old photo of the Washington Monument being dedicated in 1885. Check out the amazing details.
Washington Monument under construction with U.S. Fish Commission hatching ponds in the foreground and Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in the background.
What is a zymotic disease? This is a map of deaths due to this disease in 1892. Find out what that means.
What a sad map of the District. This shows the deaths in Washington from lung disease in 1888.
An 1890s map of Washington, DC and deaths related to diarrhea, heavily concentrated in Swampoodle and Murder Bay.
Adams Morgan didn’t exist in 1888. Back then it was called Washington Heights as many of the other uptown destinations began their lives similarly: Cleveland Heights, Friendship Heights, Massachusetts Avenue Heights. If you’re curious to know the story about how
A scene was enacted just outside the National Theatre last night at the close of the performance which may end in a divorce suit.
