Check out this great old photo of 7th and Pennsylvania Ave. during World War I. Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "World War I. Food Administration electric signs, 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W." National...
Notable People & Places / 24.09.2014
World War I Allies’ Flags Flying at State, War, and Navy Building
How cool is this old photo from 1917? The French, U.S., and British flags were flying from the State, War, and Navy Building. Source: Library of Congress...
Lost History / 18.09.2014
Churchill Proposes Unifying French and British Empires to Fight Nazi Germany
Here's a shot of the British Embassy before the U.S. entry into World War II. The photo was taken four days after Paris fell to the Nazis. No scare at British Embassy. Washington,...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 05.09.2014
What Did U.S. Postal Service Planes Look Like During World War I?
What an awesome old photo of a U.S. Postal Service plane from 1918. Two Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" airmail planes parked at the temporary airmail field at Washington, DC’s Polo Field, a small strip...
![John Henry Balch, Corpsman, U.S. Navy, visiting Washington, D.C., in June 1917 [at Columbus statue at Union Station], while awaiting shipment overseas. The Marine on the right is not identified. [Portraits.] [Scene, World War I, World War 1.] John Henry Balch. 06/1917; NH 80571; Courtesy of Commander J.H. Balch, U.S. Navy (retired), 1974.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ghostsofdc/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/27124147/14511329064_2b6720dd91_o.jpg)
Here's another great photo send in by GoDCer Michael. These two marines are sitting in front of Union Station, on the Columbus Statue as they await getting shipped out for World War I. ...
What a great old photo from World War I. These photos show Camp Meigs in 1918. Source: U.S. National Archives Camp Meigs - July 4th,...
Pictures Tell a Story, The Best Of / 07.01.2014
World War I Soldier Ogling Woman
Here's our next photo for "Pictures Tell a Story." It's a great old shot from 1918 of World War I soldiers motoring through the city on trucks. Source:...
This is a cool photo from 1918, showing a tank rolling through Washington. Any idea where this is? Source: Library of Congress...
Source: Library of Congress Here's a cool advertisement from World War I. This was printed in the Washington Herald on February 15th, 1918....
In the Paper / 26.07.2013
July 28th, 1914: Austria Has Chosen War
This is the front page of the Washington Times from Tuesday evening, July 28th, 1914, the day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Source: Library of Congress...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 17.12.2012
1918 in Color: Be Prepared
Shorpy always has great photos. You can spent way too much time digging through finding gems like this. The photo below is a scene replicating Joseph Leyendecker's BSA Liberty Loan poster for bonds during World War I....
Here's a powerful photo. The soldier looks absolutely thrilled to be back and hold, what appears to be, his baby. The baby, on the other hand, not so thrilled to be handled. 1919....
This is an interesting article from the Washington Times, dated August 8th, 1914, exactly 98 years ago today. World War I (i.e., the Great War) had been...
Hains point is named for Peter Conover Hains. That was easy. You would know that if you checked Wikipedia, so I'm...