Tag: Anacostia

This photo is an aerial view of the Navy Yard just a couple of months before President Kennedy was assassinated. Source: National Museum of the...

Here's a short article that we came across in The Washington Post from March 14th, 1905. The residence of Harold Dougherty, and employe of the Congressional...

We posted a cool old rural map of Tenleytown a short while back. Here's a map from the same group, showing Anacostia back in...

Know any sober gardeners in the area? If so, in 1857, the could have earned $200 per year, with room and board. Good Hope...

Do you know where Butler Heights is (was)? There's a tiny Butler St. SE today, very close to Frederick Douglass' old home. This is...

This is a great image that we dug up in the Library of Congress archives. The photo is from around 1918. It's the old...

Well, this was a hopefully step to revitalize Anacostia, but the most recent owner made a couple bad decisions. Here is the building as it...

Here is a great series of photographs, showing Washington in the 1960s, as viewed from the east.

Take a look at how different Good Hope Road in Anacostia looked in 1916. And below is the Google Map of the same area, with...

Take a look at this Baist map of Anacostia in 1907.

Here is a terrific shot of homes being built in Anacostia. This was taken around 1919 and this row appears to be the 1900...

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. While trying to confirm President Hayes visited Douglass at Cedar Hill, I came across this...

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. I walk the streets, alleys, back-cuts, and lounge on the corners...

This is an advertisement for new development and real estate across the Eastern Branch, near Anacostia. Click on the ad for a closer look...

Admittedly, I do not focus enough east of the river. I was doing a little digging around the Library of Congress archives...

If you're fortunate enough to be participating in WABA's "Down the Tubes" ride tomorrow, the last stop on your journey is going to be...

Curious about water problems in DC? Here are stories about the Bryant Street Pumping Station from the early 1900s.

Curious why it's named Anacostia? Check out the history which goes back to Captain John Smith in the 17th century.

Came across is crazy photo on Shorpy. This happened on November 9th, 1938 when two aviators, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie MacDill and Private Joseph G....