Tag: The Capitol Building

These two guys are checking out their shoes, and for good reason. They walked from Venezuela to Washington, DC to attend the Boy Scout...

Wow. What an incredible photo from 1924. Source: Boston Public Library Okay, so the title might be a little exaggeration, but it's close right?

Remember the red Capitol Dome that we posted some time ago? Here's another great view of it. Source: Architect of the Capitol Below is the caption...

I was doing some research on J.P. Morgan. (Ok, research backstory: In the summer 1919, he was summoned, er, subpoenaed by the Senate Foreign...

Abraham Lincoln was sworn in for his second term as president and delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865. There are a...

Here's a cool shot of the National Mall, as viewed from the Washington Monument in 1936. Source: Cornell University

Not many of us get to see Washington, DC from the roof of the Capitol. None of us ever got to see the view...

This is an incredible black and white photograph of the Capitol that we haven't come across before. Source: Shorpy

This is a cool drawing that we came across from around the time the Capitol was completed. Source: Library of Congress

We love streetcars and old photos of the Capitol Building. Here's one from 1947. Source: Jalopy Journal

We found a bunch of great postcards in the Boston Public Library's Flickr photostream and here is one of our favorites. Source: Flick user Boston...

This is so cool. Montgomery C. Meigs placed an advertisement in the Daily Evening Star on August 1st, 1853, exactly 160 years ago today....

Good Morning GoDCers! Unfortunately, we're getting to the point where we have posted so many items that we can't remember what we have posted. Hopefully...

What an amazing photograph from the 1860s. Thanks again to the Library of Congress for this one. Source: Library of Congress

This is an odd one. Milking a cow on the Capitol grounds, and broadcasting it? Source: Library of Congress

Here's a great photograph we dug up on the U.S. Capitol Flickr page. It shows the old Senate Studebaker car. It held eight people...

I've never seen this photo. It appears to be sometime around the 1910s. Source: Cornell University Library

Here is an old photograph from around 1860, showing the Capitol Dome under construction. I don't think I've seen or posted this one before.

This one is amazing. Thanks to the Smithsonian for posting it online. The caption says this is around 1900. Source: Smithsonian Archives

This is an interesting photo of a man precariously perched on a flag pole near the Capitol Building. It was taken on July 11th,...

This is a terrific old photograph from the Library of Congress. It's a great view of the Capitol Building from the old post office...