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Zapped: 1921
Washington, D.C., in 1921. Another view of the Leader Theater on "Invisible ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 2:05pm -

Washington, D.C., in 1921. Another view of the Leader Theater on "Invisible Ray" day. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (The Gallery, D.C., Movies, Natl Photo)
Cathedral Ave.: 1925
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Cathedral Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/12/2018 - 10:11am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Cathedral Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size. InfrastructureThe unusual diversion structures adjacent to the curb inlets are interesting. We don't do that kind of thing in the "flat earth" of coastal Georgia. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Modern Moving: 1926
Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "National Capital Storage & Moving Co." At 52 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2017 - 1:00pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "National Capital Storage & Moving Co." At 52 N Street N.E., the Witt-Will motor truck garage last seen here. This older-generation van wears solid rubber tires, acetylene-gas headlamps and at least one repaint. 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size. Holes Through the Front TiresThe front solid-rubber tires have transverse holes through them. The purpose of the holes is to allow some "give" to the tire and also, allegedly, to cool the tire. You can imagine what it's like to ride a solid-tire truck on cobblestones, bricks, or Belgian paving blocks ! Note that this truck has no front wheel brakes !!! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Miss January: 1890s
Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Dunn baby." Happy New Year from Shorpy! 5x7 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/02/2019 - 5:32pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Dunn baby." Happy New Year from Shorpy! 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. A pool shark?Miss January 1890s appears to be carrying a pool cue into the new year. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Kids, New Year, Portraits)
Trinity College: 1948
Washington, D.C., circa 1948. "Trinity College. Small alcove in library on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/29/2019 - 10:08am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1948. "Trinity College. Small alcove in library on campus." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. Ugh! So Prehistoric!This young lady is scratching out research notes with a fountain pen whose bladder could rupture or nib break at any minute, ruining her sweater, research and book. Not only that, she has her socks rolled down and almost exposing her trim ankle. Plus she has no coin in her penny loafers to let people know about her love life. Penny = Looking Nickel = Going Steady Dime = Engaged (The Gallery, D.C., Education, Schools, Theodor Horydczak)
The Shoreham: 1932
Washington, D.C., circa 1932. "Shoreham Hotel from across Calvert Street." 8x10 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/18/2017 - 8:58pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1932. "Shoreham Hotel from across Calvert Street." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. Been there!I stayed five nights there in 1977, while attending the National Explorer Presidents' Congress. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Theodor Horydczak)
When Cherry Met Chilly: 1922
... Commence sketching and shooting! April 7, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Photographers shooting cherry blossoms at Tidal Basin." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/20/2014 - 7:11am -

        A post for the first day of spring, and the start of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Commence sketching and shooting! April 7, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Photographers shooting cherry blossoms at Tidal Basin." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. If I didn't know any better...I'd swear I have a print from this same photo session hanging on my wall! I wonder from whose camera it came---all I know is that it was a mass-produced tourist-y piece of kitsch that used to be hand-colored---obviously the sun has taken its toll. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Mamacare: 1921
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Garfield Hospital." Where Mother and Baby are ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/24/2017 - 2:35pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Garfield Hospital." Where Mother and Baby are doing fine. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. May I have an extra pillow?In the 1940s my mother-in-law (b. 1923) worked as a nurse in Germany. She described how, in those days, new mothers were required to lie flat as they “recovered” for up to a week in the hospital. After so many mothers died of pneumonia, it was finally determined that the prolonged bed rest actually contributed to the high death rate. We now know better. As anyone who has had surgery (even major surgery) knows, they get you up and walking right away, even on the day of surgery. (The Gallery, D.C., Medicine, Natl Photo)
Fan Club: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Mrs. B.H. Williamson, group." Two birds of a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/20/2012 - 4:26pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Mrs. B.H. Williamson, group." Two birds of a feather. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing, Portraits)
Party Time (Colorized): 1923
Colorized from Shorpy's files. October 15, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Dorothy Mondell, Elizabeth Taylor Jones." National Photo ... 
 
Posted by Kenny - 12/13/2011 - 11:36am -

Colorized from Shorpy's files. October 15, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Dorothy Mondell, Elizabeth Taylor Jones." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
1952 Honor Society Trip to DC
... DE in 1952 during their Honor Society trip to Washington DC. From left to right, Robert J. Wilson, John Mayfield (partly hidden), Nancy ... 
 
Posted by wilso127 - 06/26/2008 - 11:33am -

Senior students from P. S. du Pont HS in Wilmington DE in 1952 during their Honor Society trip to Washington DC. From left to right, Robert J. Wilson, John Mayfield (partly hidden), Nancy Wittenberg and Karl M. Buretz. Photographer: John Strassburger Field TripSo why is this photo the size of a postage stamp. It's a Small WorldThings were smaller back in those days. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mom in the Navy
... Annex (the former Mt. Vernon Academy), 3801 Nebraska Ave, Washington, DC. At the time it was taken, Mom (second row, second from right) was an ... 
 
Posted by ka1axy - 02/05/2016 - 7:46pm -

This was taken on the front steps of the Chapel of the Naval Communications Annex (the former Mt. Vernon Academy), 3801 Nebraska Ave, Washington, DC. At the time it was taken, Mom (second row, second from right) was an officer in the WAVES. We know nothing more about this photo, but we assume this was the group of people she worked with. Perhaps one of these people is your (grand) mother or father, and you have one of the other 15 copies that must exist of this photo. If this is the case, I'd love to hear from you. What did she do, you ask? Well, we're not sure of the details, and we can't ask her, because she died in 1985. But we're pretty sure she was breaking codes, either German or Japanese ones, by machine. She was 22 when she entered the Navy in January 1942, the child of a well-to-do Boston family (her dad was a surgeon, her mother a society lady). She served throughout the war, worked at CIA for a while, got married and then became a housewife and mother. She remained very quiet about this work for the rest of her life, and my brother and I never grilled her about it. Now we wish we had asked a few more questions. View full size. Mom was very definitely DEcodingShe used to sing us the alphabet backwards, and told us stories about how hot it was in the office she worked in. She was in charge of a number of "girls," and had absolute authority over who could come into her room. This being the case, she allowed all the girls to strip down to their underwear in the DC summer heat. She taught herself Braille transcription at 50, loved crosswords, and claimed to be able to read 5-level Teletype tape by sight. I never tested that. The only hint about decryption that she gave us, was a comment that she was the one who had to figure out, when a message wouldn't decrypt, which key the cipher clerk might have hit in error as the ship rolled. As I said, if I knew then what I know now, I would have asked her a lot more questions. Pre NSAThe Nebraska Ave facility, as I remember from the 1960s, was more of a cipher/code making facility. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Fox News: 1919
News item: "A photograph of the fox and its capture in the 'fox hunt' staged in the Capitol grounds Monday, in which more than a score of persons aided the Capitol police force to run the brown animal in. George M. Green, foreman of the garage of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/21/2014 - 10:40am -

News item: "A photograph of the fox and its capture in the 'fox hunt' staged in the Capitol grounds Monday, in which more than a score of persons aided the Capitol police force to run the brown animal in. George M. Green, foreman of the garage of the Adjutant General's office, who was passing the Capitol on a motorcycle, won all the honors when he succeeded in capturing the fox. It was discovered that the fox wore a leather collar, indicating that he is domesticated." (Washington Times, Dec. 23-24, 1919.) National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Dogs, Motorcycles, Natl Photo)
Apple Jack: 1942
November 1942. Washington, D.C. "Young huckster in the Southwest section." Photo by Gordon ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/09/2017 - 2:07am -

November 1942. Washington, D.C. "Young huckster in the Southwest section." Photo by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size. Look out below!I'd say he's about to repeat Isaac Newton's famous (if inadvertent) experiment. (The Gallery, D.C., Gordon Parks)
Men in White: 1925
August 8, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Klansmen sightseeing at the Capitol." National Photo Company ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/05/2014 - 6:44am -

August 8, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Klansmen sightseeing at the Capitol." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Politics)
Sweeping the White House Lawn
Washington DC, c. 1920's. They are using push brooms. Why? I have no clue about this ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 09/20/2011 - 1:38am -

Washington DC, c. 1920's. They are using push brooms. Why? I have no clue about this "activity." I imagine that the caretakers were just there in the way as my grandfather took this picture. View full size. Bull rakes!Those aren't push brooms; they're bull rakes. No kidding. A bull rake "head" is approximately 4" x 4" square with a single row of round wooden teeth (think dowel rods, the diameter of your thumb) protruding 2" to 6" from the bottom. The heavy head is intended to keep the teeth down on the ground, making raking easier. In my long-ago youth I saw bull rakes up to eight feet in width - a man's tool for a man's job. Bull rakes were most commonly used for raking hay (or other grassy crops like wheat) after it had been cut down by hand with a sythe. Look closely at this picture and you will see that some of the hand-mown grass has been bull-raked into long, low rows (called reaps), ready to be picked up with a pitchfork and tossed into a mule-drawn wagon. By the 1920s much of this ancient, labor-intensive drudgery had given way to steam and gasoline engine-powered tractors, with their attached mowers, rakes and balers. So why do we see men using bull rakes in this particular photograph? Well, do you see that stately mansion in the background? Before the days of air conditioning it was necessary for people in the White House to keep the windows open in the hot summer months. (And if you don't think it was hot when this photo was snapped, look at that hazy, humid sky. It sure looks like August in D.C to me!) Anyway, to save the President and his staff from being disturbed by the noise of motorized equipment, the grounds in those days were maintained by hand. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Georgia & Upshur: 2008
... Station at Georgia and Upshur Avenues NW, Washington DC; 2008. Location of the Minute Service Station #2 in 1926. ... 
 
Posted by stanton_square - 12/01/2010 - 1:24am -

Service Station at Georgia and Upshur Avenues NW, Washington DC; 2008. Location of the Minute Service Station #2 in 1926. Surprisingly, it appears that the pumps are in the same location 80+ years later. Let's hope they have actually replaced the underground tanks along the way. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Petroleum Panorama II
... and Maryland Avenue." Spectacularly detailed view of a Washington, D.C., gas station in 1922. View full size. National Photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2008 - 4:03am -

"Service station, First Street and Maryland Avenue." Spectacularly detailed view of a Washington, D.C., gas station in 1922. View full size. National Photo Company glass negative. Return to original image (with comments). (ShorpyBlog)
Chevy Trucks: 1949
Universal Floors, Inc. in Washington, DC, at 5500 MacArthur Blvd NW, circa 1957. The '49 Chevys were purchased used ... 
 
Posted by southdcx - 09/19/2011 - 11:18pm -

Universal Floors, Inc. in Washington, DC, at 5500 MacArthur Blvd NW, circa 1957. The '49 Chevys were purchased used from the U.S. Post Office. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mercury Gridmen: 1924
Washington, D.C., 1924. "Mercury Athletic Club -- Benefit game for 'Fighting' ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/04/2017 - 12:40pm -

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Mercury Athletic Club -- Benefit game for 'Fighting' Bill McBride, former sandlot football star and Mercury A.C. player stricken with paralysis." Fighting Bill died on April 17, 1926, at the age of 39. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
The Committee: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Red Cross group, Government Hotels." National ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/14/2017 - 2:33pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Red Cross group, Government Hotels." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Not incongruous, just near itThese "government hotels" are the dormitories constructed between the Capitol and Union Station duting WWI. Visible at rear--with second-story Romanesque arched windows, double pilasters, festoons under the top-story windows, and a baluster on the roof--is the north facade of the Russell Senate Office Building. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Partial Monty: 1904
Washington, D.C., circa 1904. "Frank, M.E." is all it says here. But minimalism ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/16/2017 - 10:34pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1904. "Frank, M.E." is all it says here. But minimalism seems to suit Mr. Frank, even if his tailor won't. 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits)
Ready for Takeoff: 1921
Washington, D.C., 1921. From the "Babies" file. View full size. National ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:26pm -

Washington, D.C., 1921. From the "Babies" file. View full size. National Photo. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo)
Ingley, Yankees: 1921
Washington, D.C. "Ingley, Yankees, 1921." View full size. National Photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:25pm -

Washington, D.C. "Ingley, Yankees, 1921." View full size. National Photo Co. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Pillars of Justice: 1936
October 1, 1936. Washington, D.C. "Supreme Court guard." You may approach the bench. Then make a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/27/2018 - 3:50pm -

October 1, 1936. Washington, D.C. "Supreme Court guard." You may approach the bench. Then make a sharp right. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. And now what do they have?I find this incredibly well timed today, 9/28/18. Thanks! Wonder what the guard is like now? Wonder if they will be called upon to protect any new justices this year? How big is Ms Ford's guard? (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
D.C. Street Scene: 1947
Washington D.C. circa 1947. A photo that belonged to my grandfather, who worked in D.C. I'm not sure if he took it. View full size. Location I am fairly certain we are looking across Pennsylvania Avenue NW, where it intersects with 21st ... 
 
Posted by servin - 03/06/2015 - 8:59pm -

Washington D.C. circa 1947. A photo that belonged to my grandfather, who worked in D.C. I'm not sure if he took it. View full size. LocationI am fairly certain we are looking across Pennsylvania Avenue NW, where it intersects with 21st & Eye Streets toward what is now the Hotel Lombardy, but which I believe was an apartment building in 1947. The year seems accurate largely because of the 1947 Buick Sedanet prominent left of center, behind the man walking along the sidewalk. The streetcar is already old in this shot, but that series was still running. The Taxi is a 1946 GM model, I believe also a Buick. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Duchess of Dallas (Colorized)
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Miss Inez Thomas of Dallas, Texas." ... 
 
Posted by DorofromKs - 01/17/2012 - 12:41pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Miss Inez Thomas of Dallas, Texas." (Colorized Photos)
Vendor #113
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "A man selling flags and buttons at the parade to recruit ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/03/2016 - 8:35pm -

July 1943. Washington, D.C. "A man selling flags and buttons at the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Medium format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Esther Bubley, Patriotic, WW2)
Gimme Five: 1924
Washington, D.C. "Roxie Stinson, figure in Teapot Dome scandal, has her fortune ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/22/2016 - 11:36am -

Washington, D.C. "Roxie Stinson, figure in Teapot Dome scandal, has her fortune told, 3/27/24." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.         "Roxie Stinson, divorced former wife of the late Jess Smith, right-hand man to Attorney General Frank Daugherty, broke open the Teapot Dome investigations with sensational testimony of graft, bribes from bootleggers, and a crooked $33 million dollar oil deal." (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Defrees Alley: 1941
... September 1941. "Children playing in DeFrees Alley, N.E. Washington, D.C., near Capitol building. One basement room rents for nine ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/15/2019 - 10:19am -

September 1941. "Children playing in DeFrees Alley, N.E. Washington, D.C., near Capitol building. One basement room rents for nine dollars a month; two rooms upstairs for sixteen dollars; one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, M.P. Wolcott)
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