Tag: 1900s

Check out this great old advertisement from The Evening Star back in 1904. It shows a number of great properties for sale in then-new Columbia Heights,...

This is a great old article that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 14th, 1900. We see this same ignorance or protectionist...

No more foreign cars! They're an abomination and a detriment to our economy ... and society at large. Or so said many nearly 110...

We posted another piece about this event a while back. This is a much higher resolution image from the event at Fort Myer. Source: Library of...

Here's a great photo of the Lord Fairfax House at 607 Cameron Street in Alexandria. By the way, Lord Fairfax was the Baron of...

Whoa, how cool is this old colorized photo. You're looking at a "horseless carriage" back in 1906. The passenger is Senator George P. Wetmore...

This is one of the best photos we've uncovered in quite a while. Click on it for more. This is the new Willard Hotel around...

Thanks for the great opportunity to speak at the World Bank today. I gave the room a sneak peek at this map today and...

You're going to love this amazing photo of a long-lost building in our city. You're looking at the old Raleigh Hotel, formerly located at...

You could hand your own piece of Wisconsin Avenue real estate for only $50 down back in 1908. Not a bad deal!

This photo shows the old United States House of Representatives in a time when laws were passed, senators would verbally spar on the floor, and spend the...

What ... did I spell this incorrectly? Nope, but you should checkout this post about the history of the neighborhood's name. This map shows the...

Okay, it's been a really long time since we posted anything. Life gets busy when you have Ghost Toddler and a new Ghost Baby....

Wait, Hamilton Circle? Do you know where that is? Probably not, because it was never completed. The neighborhood surrounding the circle was once dubbed Fairview...

This cool old advertisement from 1904 shows some homes at 11th and D St. NE for sale. It looks like each building...

This great old advertisement from The Washington Times was printed in 1913. Click on it for some great details and read through the copy. Source: Library...

On July 27th, 1909, Orville Wright sets the flight duration record at Ft. Myer. The flight was over 40 miles with an average speed...

Check out this great photo from 1908. The Jefferson Memorial wasn't completed until 1943, so this is what the area looked like for another...

Mrs. Ghost, Ghost Baby, and I spent a nice Saturday afternoon celebrating a birthday at a lovely home in the Palisades. The two parents...

This map is amazing with the amount of details. Click on it to zoom in. It's from 1904. Source: Library of Congress

The sub headline for this article was "Walter Bryant Hurls Beer Bottle and Edward Bryant Uses Pistol." Who do you think won that fight? We...