This is quite a beautiful photo of the Potomac River from 1898. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to locate this photo, but if you have any thoughts, add them below in the comments. ...
From the Crazy Vault / 29.04.2015
Tragic Potomac Drowning Ends Romance
This is a sad story that we came across in The Washington Postfrom June 29th, 1908. John McCalip, 22 years old, an electrician, at the Senate office building, was drowned yesterday while...
You think it's cold today? Well, it is ...
Remember how nasty the Potomac River was? Yes, it's still not the greatest, but it's swimmable in some parts (as long as you don't have open wounds). Back in the 1970s, it was absolutely polluted. Check...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 11.10.2013
Boat Club by Aqueduct Bridge
Here's a great shot that we found on Flickr. It's the boat club just above Aqueduct Bridge (or where Key Bridge is today). Source: D.C. Public Library...
What an incredible photo. We dug this one up thanks to Reddit. Union soldiers guarding the Potomac River in Washington, DC in 1861. Georgetown University is visible in the background. Photo by George...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, GoDCers Love Maps / 20.08.2013
Early Map of Washington and the Patawmack
That's right, the Patawmack River, not the Potomac. Check out this cool map of what would become the City of Washington. It was done around 1893, near the city's centennial. early map of...
What an amazing photograph from the 1860s. This shows the entrance to the Washington Water Works near Great Falls. Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River - Photograph shows two men...
Here is a cool old photo of the Potomac Boat Club in 1921, standing in front of, what will soon become, the Key Bridge. Looks like the guy on the right is in dire need of...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 01.05.2013
1790s Views of Washington
These are some great prints of Washington as it looked in the mid-1790s. They were done by George Isham Parkyns and they show a slightly different and more pastoral landscape. View of the suburbs...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Lost History / 29.03.2013
Lost History: Herzog’s Famous Sea Food Restaurant
This is another shameful loss for Washington. The waterfront in SW used to be teeming with activity. (The fish market is really cool if you haven't been.) The District is trying to reinvest and bring it...
The Best Of, Why Is It Named...? / 14.02.2013
Why Is It Named Chain Bridge? And, Where Are the Chains?
It's probably obvious to GoDCers where Chain Bridge Road gets its name. There is a bridge that connects the eponymous road on the D.C. side to the one on the Virginia side. But, this bridge has...
It's often hard to believe how rural much of Washington appeared in the 19th century. This is one of those photographs that you marvel at for a while. The image shows a view of Washington, down the...
Hard to believe it, but back in the 1920s, Arlington had a beach. Here's a shot of the amusement park on the Potomac River (near where the Pentagon is today) around 1925. Circa...