Should you come across any old DC photos or ephemera from your or your family’s collection please send to [email protected] or DM us at one of our socials @PoPville thanks!
“Dear PoPville,
Going through an old box of family papers I found a notebook of my great-grandmother’s. The notebook was from M.S. Ginn & Co., 918-920 14th St. NW. The entries are notes, letters, hand-drawn maps, and genealogical information from the early 1900s. One excerpt from a letter dated July 22, 1907 reads: (more…)
Too cool. Thanks to a reader for sending this blast from the past – The Insect Club Matchbox Cover.
Should you find an old DC photo or ephemera from your collection please send to [email protected] thanks!
1344 U Street, NW
Ah I love when readers send old photos from their collections. Too cool. This is one of Joe Englert‘s earliest spots – Andalusian Dog on U Street from 1992 (ish). Here’s a more recent photo from 2021: (more…)
I will be sad when whoever takes over this site in 50 years posts a physical book as an Archeological Finds… God forbid.
Thanks to Wendy for sending from “the LoC Madison building – a pay phone!
It’s not a Christmas tree, but still unusual.”
If you have a photo of a neat “archeological find” from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
“Dear PoPville,
Are these a few of the original Capitol stones next to Virginia Avenue Park? (more…)
Thanks to Russ for sending these ancient artifacts: “Memories” (more…)
Ed. Note: You can look back on old commemorative smartrip cards here.
Also note: Tap Ride and Go is now a thing on metro, which may eventually result in the end of these…
Thanks to Morgan for sharing:
“After 11 years, retiring “The Postman” from the 2013/2014 Phillips Collection exhibit.”
If you have a photo of a neat “archeological find” from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to C. for sending:
“on Saturday at 4:45 PM at 4th and O and New Jersey NW”
It had been 8 days since we noted a driver had flipped a car.
In more pleasant Truxton Circle news, as I was fixing old photos the other day, back in 2009 a reader found remnants of the Truxton Circle Fountain (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Truly left field thing: I found some ephemera of ex Montana Governor Marc Racicot on the street and am wondering how the heck to get it back to him. It was just on the sidewalk/street, walking through Park View. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Seen in Brookland/University Heights. I can’t figure out when the Bureau of Traffic ceased to exist, or was absorbed by another agency.”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.