This is an aerial image of the Willard Hotel undergoing major renovations in the 1980s. Source: Library of Congress...
This is one of the best photos we've uncovered in quite a while. Click on it for more. This is the new Willard Hotel around this year 1904. What a beautiful building, which thankfully still stands. Source: Library...
How cool is this find? We dug up this great old menu for the Willard Hotel's room service at Discover DC History. Click on them for more details. This appears to be from the 1960s? Maybe...
Here is a great series of photos taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston. They show the New Willard around the time of its completion in 1904.
Lost History / 14.02.2014
Lost National Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue
In keeping with the hotel theme this week, we wanted to share a little bit about the National Hotel, formerly situated at 6th and Pennsylvania Ave., across from where the Indian Queen was. The location is...
Here's a great old photo from 1976. It shows the Willard Hotel, looking northwest across 14th St. Source: Library of Congress...
Notable People & Places / 07.12.2012
The New Willard Hotel in 1904
Here is a great old photo to close out the day. This is the Willard Hotel in 1904, viewed looking up 14th St. to the right and Pennsylvania Ave. to the left. Click on the image...
Here's a crazy story for you from the 1940s. This was published in the Washington Post on June 4th, 1949. A young Air Force private was grabbed from a ninth-floor ledge of the Willard Hotel yesterday by...
Wow. I think this photo speaks for itself. What an amazing shot of what would become Federal Triangle. Looking southeast at the Old Post Office Pavilion (far left), Southern Railway Building (middle), and...
From the Crazy Vault, Guest Posts / 20.09.2012
Philemon Herbert: Crooked Congressman, Card Shark and Brothel Patron
This is the first guest post by Roger. Check out his blog Forgotten Stories for some excellent lost history. Philemon T. Herbert was a crooked lawyer, a card shark, frequented brothels, and stood accused of attacking a political...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Guest Posts / 30.08.2012
Afternoon Photo: View North from the Smithsonian
Pass the afternoon by studying this photo close up. Amazing detail, including a view of the Willard Hotel as well as the Old Post Office. Washington, D.C., circa 1904. "North from the Smithsonian...
The creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was in our city back in December 1906 to participate in the copyright hearings before...
In January 1860, the Tokugawa shogunate sent a delegation to the United States with the primary objective of ratifying the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (aka, the Harris Treaty). Commodore Matthew Perry (not Chandler) had opened Japan (forcefully)...
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Notable People & Places / 28.06.2012
Morning Photo: The Willard Hotel in 1922
We love the Willard Hotel. Who doesn't? The place is full of amazing history. We posted a view from the top of the hotel last week and this week we're posting a view of the hotel....