The hot summer of 1952 witnessed some bizarre lights floating over the District. Evidently for many nights in July, sightings were reported of up to seven lights flying around the night sky, including over the Capitol...
This is a cool photo of Washington taken by the U.S. Air Force using a horizon to horizon camera. Check it out. Washington, D.C., as seen by new Air Force horizon to horizon...
Why Is It Named...? / 07.07.2016
Why Is It Named Adams Morgan?
If you go to Adams Morgan on a regular basis, you should probably know at least the basic history of the neighborhood, which is actually the combination of several older Washington neighborhoods: Kalorama Triangle, Lanier Heights,...
Notable People & Places / 23.11.2015
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth Driving Down Pennsylvania Avenue in 1957
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 here's another.
Notable People & Places / 20.11.2015
The White House in 1950
This beautiful photo of the north side of the White House was taken in 1950. Click on it for more. White House- Washington DC- circa 1950Photographed by my grandfather with Leica 111c 35mm...
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. SW. Corner store at 4th and M Streets SW,...
Uncategorized / 26.08.2015
This Was F Street at Night in 1955
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...
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 that tours passed by the front of the White House back in...
These are so cool. We found them on Twitter by one of our favorite tweeters, @MLBcathedrals. These photos are from 1956 during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Griffith Stadium in Washington during...
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 in the city, like the Dupont Underground, East Capitol St., and of...
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.
Sometimes we forget that famous people are also regular people with problems other than running a country. JFK was a young senator from Massachusetts when he lived off of Chain Bridge Road in McLean. He and...
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 gave birth to a healthy baby while en route to the hospital....