Faces & Places of Yesterday, From GoDCers / 20.11.2014
GoDCer Shares Film Footage of Washington in 1949
Check out this great footage out. This is from 1949, sent in by GoDCer Eric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhrTaOIl5iI...
From GoDCers / 17.11.2014
Thompson’s Dairy in D.C.
Here's a cool documentary from YouTube on Thompson's Dairy, formerly on 11th St. near U St. Thanks to GoDCers Alex and Richard, U St. residents and local history buffs, for sending this in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MIYvPo0xLQ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVZblIYljo This is some great old footage of FDR dedicating the NIH back in 1940. Thanks to GoDCer Jeff for sending this in a while ago. It was originally posted on an NIH blog, Circulating Now, and...
Old Ads & Classifieds / 15.08.2014
REO Speedwagon Wasn’t Just a Band
I never thought about looking into the origin of REO Speedwagon's band name, but alas, coming across this old advertisement in The Washington Post from November 1919 answered the question that I never asked. And now, you...
Guest Posts, Notable People & Places / 16.06.2014
The Greatest Commencement Addresses in Washington, DC, Ever
It's that time of year, again. Commencement speakers address graduating college and university classes, and inevitably their speeches are ranked, assessed, complimented, and criticized. This year, both NPR and Vox.com have compiled the best commencement speeches ever....
Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured / 20.05.2014
1921 Film of Italian General and Ambassador Visit to White House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsboFeKvMQ We found this great old film footage at the Moving Image Research Collection at the University of South Carolina. It shows Italian Army General Armando Diaz and Italian Ambassador Rolando Ricci in front of the White...
Check out this great film footage from 1931 showing the Washington Senators during spring training. We found these at the Moving Image Research Collection at the University of South Carolina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg188Ndc4pA And, here's another great one of them...
Here's a great film of Washington in the 1930s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhlqMLGsGhA...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 24.03.2014
Film of 1968 Washington Riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avEa_cGNaKQ Here is an old film that we dug up at the National Archives. It's from 1968, showing the devastation of the riots following MLK's assassination....
Like most of D.C., probably the country, we're obsessed with House of Cards. It's a little over the top, but sometimes that's the beauty of it. Unfortunately, we don't often expect movies about Washington to be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvoiCvJycmc What a cool video! This was a find on the Library of Congress website. Below is the description from the site. "This most excellent picture was secured at the junction of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street. The...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 17.02.2014
Ford Motor Company’s 1922 Educational Film About Washington, D.C.
This is a really interesting film that we found at the National Archives. It was made by the Ford Motor Company in 1922. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOhJ5IUVj0o Source: U.S. National Archives...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62ec3Ilgno Many of you will be familiar with these images from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. We haven't yet written about it, but there's an excellent write-up on it at here and at Greater Greater Washington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_mZZ4MkqH0 Here's a cool find from YouTube. The Senators lost the World Series to the Pirates, after having won the year before. Can you tell Ghosts of DC is getting excited for the 2014 baseball season?