A Washington doctor with an interesting name was among the first to suggest a link between mosquitos and malaria. Meet Albert Freeman Africanus King. Photo from Special Collections and University Archives, Gelman Library, The...
This photo from 1912 shows a Weather Bureau kiosk at E Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW. It's a high-resolution image, so feel free to click to see some extra details. Large cities around the country had similar...
From the Crazy Vault, Guest Posts / 28.08.2012
Capitalsaurus: Official Dinosaur of the District (Seriously)
Workers were digging a sewer trench beneath a Capitol Hill street in 1898. They came upon a...