The People's Archive at DC Public Library

09/11/2024

The long line to get into a DC Public Library bookmobile at Kenilworth Ave. & Douglas St., NE, 1963 - from that year's annual report of the DC government:

09/04/2024

Looking toward Georgetown from Roosevelt Island sometime in the early 20th c. - hand-colored magic lantern slide by E.B. Thompson:

08/27/2024

814 Florida Ave., NW, 1956 [American Security Trust Photo Collection]:

08/26/2024

Coming up this Thursday from 6 - 8:30pm in the MLK Library auditorium:

Join the People's Archive for an author talk featuring Author Ras Dr. Wayne A. Rose in conversation with Dr. Robbie Shilliam.

08/21/2024

The Pension Building decorated for an event, c. 1910 [E.B. Thompson Photograph Collection]:

08/19/2024

New library cards 😍

08/02/2024

Heurich Brewery delivery truck in the 1200 block of H St., NE, 1941 [Evening Star Collection]:

07/30/2024

Dance at the Twelfth Street YMCA, 1953 [Edward Fletcher Photograph Collection]:

07/29/2024

Canal kids - E.B. Thompson captured some boatmen's precious cargo (some securely fastened to the deck )c. 1920

07/16/2024

Bowling at Casino Hall, 918-920 U Street, NW, 1946 [Edward Fletcher Photograph Collection]:

07/16/2024

1912 proposal to create underground trolley stations in the vicinity of Lafayette Square:

07/10/2024

The New Year's Eve rush at Central Liquor, 518 9th St., NW, 12/31/1971 [Evening Star Collection, 📸 Brig Cabe]:

07/02/2024

New graduates at Miner Teachers College, 2565 Georgia Ave., NW, June 1948 [Edward Fletcher Photograph Collection]:

06/29/2024

Looking down the north side of H St., NW from 6th, January 1949. Wah Luck House currently occupies much of this corner [Historic Image Collection]:

06/20/2024

Open plan classroom at the new Bruce-Monroe Elementary, Georgia Ave. & Irving St., NW, 1973. Teacher Naomi Mills is helping preschooler Christopher Proctor with a drawing [Evening Star Collection, photo by Brig Cabe]:

06/11/2024

Celebrate Black Music Month with the DC Punk Archive! Join the Library for a rich conversation with James Spooner and Chris Terry, editors of the anthology Black Punk Now. Spooner and Terry will discuss this collection of essays, stories and comics that explore the lives and experiences of the Black punk community.

Books will be available for sale and signing after the discussion.

Register here: https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/10927126

06/07/2024

National Welfare Rights Organization members march on 7th St., NW to draw attention to program cuts, Mother's Day 1968 [Evening Star Collection, 📷 Richard I. Bowen]:

05/28/2024

An early 20th century view of our neighborhood- the Patent Office from the corner of 7th & F Sts., NW [📷 Brown Brothers, Historic Image Collection]:

05/28/2024

2202 14th Street NW - 1956 and today. 14th & W Streets. District Grocery Stores were all over DC in the pre-supermarket era.

The 1956 photo is from The People's Archive at DC Public Library (h/t to Old Time D.C.). The current image is from Google Maps.

From here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=822630446561477

05/24/2024

Save the date for Sundays in June for Free go-go shows on the MLK roof every Sunday in June!

05/22/2024

Computing in DC classrooms, the early years: Syphax Elementary principal Emma George (right) + teacher Alma Robinson watch 1st grader Anthony Wade use a device designed to teach phonics, 1968 [Historic Image Collection, 📸 Del Ankers]:

05/14/2024

Coming up 5/30 at 6:30 PM in the MLK Library auditorium:

Gregg Hecimovich and Steven Nelson will explore this incredibly detailed biography and Hecimovich’s intensive research to corroborate Hannah Craft’s identity and contextualize her novel.

05/13/2024

Late night, long exposure - the Evening Star's Lawrence Krebs captures the DCFD in action at the corner of 20th & Pennsylvania, NW in July 1949:

05/07/2024

The MLK roof deck is entering the best part of its year, wildflower-wise:

05/07/2024

Convention Hall Market (1874) on the east side of 5th St., NW between K + L as it appeared in the early 20th century. Badly damaged in a fire in 1946, its maimed remains lingered until 1985 hosting a number of tenants, including the Wax Museum night club. The City Vista condominiums are currently on the site [E.B. Thompson Photograph Collection]:

04/24/2024

AUTHOR TALK - MAY 12 at 2:30pm
The Inner Ear of Don Zientara
Join author Antonia Tricarico along with Don Zientara and Ian MacKaye in the MLK Library auditorium for a conversation about the evolution and impact of Zientara’s legendary studio

04/23/2024

Moon-Light Grill, beer on tap and mixed drinks - 1744 F St., NW, 1956 [American Security Trust Photograph Collection]:

04/12/2024

One more from the American Security Trust photos: a District Grocery Stores outpost at 2202 14th St., NW, 1956:

04/11/2024

The Kennedys at a Howard University candidate's forum, October 1960 [F.A. Gregory Genealogical Archive]:

04/10/2024

804 H Street, NE - and a Diamond cab - 1956 [American Security Trust Photograph Collection]: