Tag: Dupont Circle

Did you know that selling balloons on the streets of D.C. was made illegal back in 1934? There was quite a booming industry of...

This photo of the old Spanish Embassy is from 1911, showing the building at 1521 New  Hampshire Ave. NW, just north of Dupont Circle....

Here's a terrific old photo of former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft's home on Dupont Circle. The photo was taken in 1913...

Check out this great map of Dupont Circle in 1919. At the intersection of Connecticut and N St. you can see what used to...

This is the intersection of 18th, N St. and Connecticut Ave. in 1929 before the Great Depression. Source: Library of Congress And, here's a shot of...

This is what south of Dupont Circle and Farragut looked like in 1919, before the Mayflower was built. Source: Library of Congress

How would you like to live right off of Dupont Circle for $45 per month? Not a bad deal. This advertisement from Sunday, August...

This is a terrific photo of Blaine Mansion in Dupont Circle around 1900. Now, this is where you go to get some great pizza...

Unfortunately, I didn't find a larger version of this image, but it's still pretty cool to see. Source: Rare Vintage Photos of Washington, D.C.

Source: Library of Congress We came across this advertisement in the December 17th, 1877 Evening Star. Luckily, the home on P Street is still there...

Here's a cool ad from The Evening Star. This was published in their Friday, May 4th, 1906 edition. The house at 1708 Q St....

We did a post on the construction some time ago. Here's another great photo of it from DDOT. Source: Flickr user ddotphotos

This is an aerial view of Temple Heights and Oak Lawn, the current site of the Washington Hilton, north of Dupont Circle.

You recognize this building. Yep, the one with CVS and Krispy Kreme. This is a view of it from the air in the 1930s.

Terrific old photograph of Dupont Circle in 1904.

This photograph appears to be taken from Blaine Mansion sometime during the 1920s, looking east over Dupont Circle. You can see the Cairo Building...

What an amazing photograph of Blaine Mansion in 1900. This is the only old Dupont Circle "castle" still standing. It's also a great place...

What a beautiful building. Sadly, this building no longer exists. Take a look at the same intersection today on Google Street View.

This is an excellent page from the Washington Times, published on December 21st, 1902. We wanted to share the entire page with you, so...

This is D.C.'s original statue of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, installed in 1884. Here you see it - clearly sitting at the center...

I was going to go with a title about Canadians coming in peace this time, but I did not want to re-start the old...