This photo is an aerial view of the Navy Yard just a couple of months before President Kennedy was assassinated. Aerial view of the Washington Navy Yard, looking east (top). This shot shows...
From the Crazy Vault / 07.01.2014
Frederick Douglass Home Ransacked
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 Library, at Cedar Hill, Anacostia, the former home of the late Frederick...
GoDCers Love Maps / 31.12.2013
1892 Map of Rural Anacostia
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 1892. Source: Library of Congress...
Old Ads & Classifieds / 05.10.2013
Wanted: a Sober Man, Without Family
Know any sober gardeners in the area? If so, in 1857, the could have earned $200 per year, with room and board. Good Hope Hill is an area in, what...
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 an advertisement that we found in the Washington Herald from May 13th,...
Then and Now / 01.07.2013
Then and Now: The Anacostia Bank
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 Anacostia Bank, which is still standing. The Anacostia Bank,...
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 looked around 1919 as Bury's drug store. Bury's drug...
Here is a great series of photographs, showing Washington in the 1960s, as viewed from the east.
GoDCers Love Maps / 07.01.2013
Good Hope Road in 1916
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 a pin...
GoDCers Love Maps / 02.01.2013
1907 Map of Anacostia
Take a look at this Baist map of Anacostia in 1907. ...
Then and Now / 05.11.2012
Anacostia Street Frozen in Time (1919)
Here is a terrific shot of homes being built in Anacostia. This was taken around 1919 and this row appears to be the 1900 block of 16th St. SE. Check out the Google Street View below...
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...
Guest Posts / 21.05.2012
Violence on Streets of Old Anacostia (1886)
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 of Anacostia everyday, every hour, every minute. Tour an abandominium or two....
Old Ads & Classifieds / 18.05.2012
To See Fairlawn Means a Lot
This is an advertisement for new development and real estate across the Eastern Branch, near Anacostia. Click on the ad for...