1920s Ads for The Cairo Hotel
Here is a series of old advertisements for the great Cairo Building at 1615 Q St. NW.
1906 Advertisement for The Cairo
The Cairo is one of the gems of D.C. and is an amazing building to see if you haven’t had the chance to visit it. Below is a cool ad we found for the building in...
1914 Directory of Apartments and Rent
Now this is cool. And, it’s probably something that makes you a little nauseous, paying that ridiculous $2,300 in rent today. Check out the handy Washington Times pocket directory of apartments from 1914. Some of the...
Cairo Building in the 1890s
Another awesome old photograph from the Library of Congress. This is the Cairo Building in the 1890s.
Man Falls Down Cairo Building Elevator Shaft
This is a worthy story for a “From the Crazy Vault” post … check it out. I came across the tale in the Washington Times from October 7th, 1894. Falling down an elevator shaft from the...
Robert H. Muir: Manager of The Cairo
There were a couple of requests a short while back to do a post on The Cairo, the most famous residential building in the city. You can Google it or check it out on Wikipedia, so...
Hawaiian ex-Queen Liliʻuokalani Comes to Washington
This might be the most unique ideas for a post that I have come up with thus far. Hopefully you will agree and enjoy reading it. I love Hawaii (who doesn’t?) and over the years I’ve...