It looks almost exactly the same today! The photos were taken on November 24th, 1910 ...
Do you recognize this part of Rock Creek Park? If I'm not mistaken, it's near the entrance to the National Zoo on Rock Creek Parkway. View of a group of hikers walking alongside...
What an amazing photo this is from sometime between the 1880s and 1910s. I can't quite tell the direction of this shot. I think it's looking east toward Mt. Pleasant? Three men with...
Check this out. A much more bucolic and rural looking K St. over Rock Creek in 1907. Source: Library of Congress...
Here is an old classified advertisement from The Baltimore Sun, printed on November 12th, 1845. In the ad, you'll see some interesting property for sale, namely a large...
Look at this great photo from 1890. It shows a group of people riding their horse and buggies through Rock Creek Park. I don't suppose any of you recognize where this is? I know, that's a...
Check out this terrific high resolution photo from 1920. It shows an Oldsmobile just after crossing Boulder Bridge on Beach Drive. Source: Library of Congress...
In these 1966 drawings, train cars roll below the surface of Connecticut Avenue -- but above Rock Creek. Holes have been cut through the massive concrete supports of the Taft Bridge. These amazing early Metro plans...
Lost History / 13.08.2013
1886 Plan for Great Park in Arlington
Source: Washington Post Six years before Rock Creek Park came to be and about 20 years after the Civil War, there was talk of a great park...
GoDCers Love Maps / 13.07.2013
Motor Roads Through Rock Creek in 1922
This is a really cool map from the Washington Times, published on Saturday, May 22nd, 1922. It shows the drivable roadways through Rock Creek Park, for you to enjoy a leisurely cruise through the city's best...
Does anyone recognize these photos? Take a look and see if you can place these locations in today's Rock Creek Park. This is a series of great photos from the Library of Congress. They were taken...
Here's a cool photo of a car crossing a part of Rock Creek in the 1920s. Source: Library of Congress And here is, what appears to be, the same location in...
We dug up this great photo on the Library of Congress' site. This shows a group of people in Rock Creek Park on July 4th, 1914,...