Streets of Washington
John DeFerrariUnique vintage images from postcards, stereoviews and other ephemera as well as in-depth stories about historic people and places in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Sweatshop: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the 1900s
With the exception of the reviled “continentals” circulated during the American Revolution, it wasn’t until the Civil War—when the government essentially needed to write IOU’s for hard currency it didn’t have—that the production of paper mo...
Endangered "Pastoral Capitalism" in Friendship Heights
Just across the DC border in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with tall office and apartment buildings looming all around it, sprawls a handsome, low-rise mid-century modern office complex that looks like it should be much further out in the suburbs....
Lansburgh's, Anchor of Downtown Commerce
In the early decades of the 20th century—the golden age of American department stores—Washington, DC had five big ones (and some smaller ones too), all locally owned and operated. We previously profiled four of them: Woodies debuted in 1880...
F Street NW and the "Bon Ton" Shopping District
For a hundred years, F Street NW, from the Treasury Department (15th Street NW) to the Patent Office (7th Street NW) was the commercial heart of downtown Washington. We previously wrote about the buildings at the eastern end of this stretch...
Science and hospitality in the shadow of the Capitol
Sometime in the late 1870s, a photographer captured this view from the dome of the US Capitol, facing southeast. The street heading straight down to the Anacostia River is New Jersey Avenue SE. Today the massive Cannon House Office Building...
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A native of Washington, DC, John DeFerrari is author of four DC history books. His latest book, Palaces of the Public: A Cultural History of Washington DC's Hotels, will be published in September 2026.
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