Many of you know that the Washington Monument sat unfinished for decades, an eye-sore of a stump on what would become the National Mall. Here is what it looked like in 1877, as seen from the...
This beautiful old photograph of the Washington Monument, lit up at night, was taken in 1933. Click on it for some great details. The nation's capital circa 1933. "View of Washington Monument at...
This stunning old photo of the Washington Monument was taken in 1928. Click on it for even more incredible details. Source Library of Congress...
This print shows Robert Mills' original design for the Washington Monument, clearly a far more elaborate and ornate version of what we have today. Robert Mills's original design for the Washington Monument, Washington,...
We posted some great old alternative designs for the Lincoln Memorial a while back and they were quite popular. Well, we dug up one for the Washington Monument which you'll surely enjoy. This one is dated...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 09.09.2014
The Washington Monument as Seen From The Treasury Department
Here's an incredible view of the Washington Monument some time in the early 1980s. Source: Library of Congress...
How great is this old photograph of the cherry blossoms and the Washington Monument? We dug this old photo up in the Smithsonian Archives. It was taken some time in the 1940s or 1950s.
How cool is this photo? It was taken by Theodor Horydczak in 1934. Click on the image for a much larger version and read the inscription at the top: "Repaired 1934, National Park Service, Department of the...
Here's a terrific old photo of the Washington Monument at night. Source: Library of Congress...
This is a morbid story from The Baltimore Sun, printed on March 10th, 1923. What is extremely striking is how graphic the depiction was back then. Washington, March 9.--For the first...
Guest Posts, Notable People & Places / 28.04.2014
Incomplete Washington Monument in Wood Engraving from 1882
We found this cool wood engraving from 1882, meant to depict the National Mall looking from the South. In the image, you can see buildings like the Smithsonian Institution in the lower middle. Off to the...
Okay GoDCers, here's a challenge for you. Ken sent this in a while back and wanted some assistance on dating this photo. He's guessing sometime in the 1920s, but maybe someone out there in our community...
Notable People & Places / 02.01.2014
1936 View of the National Mall
What a great photo from 1936. This shows the National Mall as viewed from the Capitol. Source: Cornell University Library...
This is a beautiful photo taken from the Capitol Building in 1936, looking down the Mall at the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian. Source: Cornell University Library...