During the dark early days of World War II, people in the city of Washington still found time to relax on weekends. This photo was taken on a Sunday in July 1942 by John Collier. In...
Would you do this today? I don't even know if you could. I can't remember the last time it was frozen completely solid. View looking east from the middle of a frozen Tidal...
Historical Events / 23.04.2014
Japan Donates Cherry Trees to DC
We're back to a few days of cold, nasty weather. This seems like a good time to think back to the gorgeous weekend we just had, and talk about cherry blossoms. Letter from...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 31.12.2012
Don’t Drink and Drive in 1923
The driver of this car did and ended up in the Tidal Basin. The car made it out but two men did not. A third, the driver did. "Auto wreck. December 31, 1923."...
Here is a great old photograph of East Potomac Park and Hains Point (which we learned about yesterday). East Potomac Golf Club (East Potomac Park), Washington, D.C., aerial view from above Haines Point...
Hains point is named for Peter Conover Hains. That was easy. You would know that if you checked Wikipedia, so I'm...
These ladies look like they're having a great time hanging out at the old Tidal Basin bathing beach. That would be an absolutely nasty place to swim today. [/caption] Thanks Shorpy! Related...
It seems like this the Cherry Blossom Festival is a really long way away ...
Other Cool Stuff / 18.01.2012
Bathing Suit Police at the Tidal Basin
Here's an amazing shot I found on Shorpy (what an amazing site), taken at the Tidal Basin bathing beach in 1922. The photograph is Washington police officer Bill Norton measuring the distance between the knee and...