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Ok, one more:

Late 19th century advertisement for the Palisades development.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90988347@N05/8267906516/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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THis thread is the worst; totally brings out my DC history nerd-ism.

Bilsko – I think you’ll enjoy this picture.

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@Bilsko 37831 wrote:

Another great picture!

I’m curious – because I was trying to pinpoint the present-day locations of the various elements in the shot – you mention growing up in a house near the white one at far left. Is that more or less at the Foxhall/Macarthur split? (here: http://goo.gl/maps/iMiJI )
I live just up MacArthur and am always thrilled to find older pictures from Georgetown and the Palisades.

Here’s one of the Whitehurst under construction: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddotphotos/4830228499/sizes/o/in/set-72157624457000512/
and of the C&O – not sure exactly where: http://www.shorpy.com/node/2904?size=_original

A few more that I’ve kept in Evernote: https://www.evernote.com/pub/niebylski/dc

You’ve got it – my childhood home was/is on 44th St. just in from the Foxhall/Macarthur split. I’ve looked at old turn-of-the-century maps of the neighborhood and I’m guessing that small white house at the extreme left is probably somewhere in the triangle created by Foxhall/44th, and P Streets.

Looking through those LOC photos is ridiculously addictive. It also helps to know the old names of streets when looking stuff up. Example: Macarthur Blvd used to be known as “Conduit Road” due to the giant, buried water main than brought (and still brings) DC’s drinking water in from Great Falls.

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I love this photo and have a framed copy at home. The house where I grew up would be built 53 years after this photo was taken, at about the location where you see a small white house towards the extreme left of picture. The large factory is the Columbia Foundry which gave its name to Foundry Branch creek which ran through what is now Glover Archbold Park. Columbia Foundry was established/owned by Henry Foxall (and we all know what he gave his name too).

As a kid I remember going down to the railroad tracks to climb on coal cars that used to feed the Georgetown Power Plant. Amazing how much has changed in just 30 years, let alone 150!

Here’s another of my favorites – you CCT users will definitely recognize this location.

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