Tag: 1950s

We love old predictions of the future like this. This was an article from The Washington Post printed on December 18th, 1953,...

Film footage of Washington shows how different things were. Listen to some of the narrative, including the past about George Washington's slaves...

We came across a great archive of maps thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey. This one shows much of Washington and some...

A little-known story about upper northwest is that Reno Road, which cuts right through the heart of North Cleveland Park to Chevy Chase, was...

The hot summer of 1952 witnessed some bizarre lights floating over the District. Evidently for many nights in July, sightings were reported of up...

This is a cool photo of Washington taken by the U.S. Air Force using a horizon to horizon camera. Check it out. Source: Library of...

If you go to Adams Morgan on a regular basis, you should probably know at least the basic history of the neighborhood,...

This wonderful old photo of Pennsylvania Avenue in 1957 shows President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth in an old Lincoln Cosmopolitan. Source: Flickr user Dave Gelinas And...

This beautiful photo of the north side of the White House was taken in 1950. Click on it for more. Source: Martin Archer on Flickr Here's...

Here's a shot of typical life in Southwest Washington back in the 1950s. You're looking at a corner store at 4th and M St....

This amazing old photo shows F St. NW, looking east from 13th St. in 1955. Pretty cool. Source: Flickr user rockcreek Here's a similar view today...

Check out this great set of photos GoDCer Bill sent in (a while ago, sorry I'm just now posting them). The wild part is...

These are so cool. We found them on Twitter by one of our favorite tweeters, @MLBcathedrals. These photos are from 1956 during the Major...

This is some awesome footage of the old streetcar system here in D.C. from the 1950s. What's really great is seeing some recognizable spots...

This film footage from 1957 is excellent. Make sure you watch the whole thing and check out the familiar sites.

Here is a great series of photos we found at the Library of Congress showing Dulles Airport during construction. And finally, here's a post-construction photo...

Sometimes we forget that famous people are also regular people with problems other than running a country. JFK was a young senator from Massachusetts...

You probably don't believe that headline, but it indeed happened back in 1956. On August 29th, The Washington Post reported that a woman from Fairfax...

Thanks to GoDCer Mike for sending in this family photo from 1955. Below is the note he send: Dear Ghosts of DC This photo surfaced in...

We came across this gem of a photo from the 1950s here. Check out 1810 Shepherd St. back then. And this is what it looks...

The next time your father or grandfather tells you he never found himself in trouble during his youth, approach that claim with some skepticism,...