Feb 13, 2015

We dug back in our archives to bring you some of our favorite old time photos photos from the nation’s capital — from Georgetown to the Metro stations to the Tidal Basin, and even a few glances of the city from the sky.

: January 19, 1975: The Pentagon City station, part of 8 miles of elevated tracks.

: Sept 14, 1973: Honey-comed, concrete forms provide support for this station on the Washington Metro System. The wall design uses orderly recessed panels, with the depth of recession progressing from only inches at the floor to about two feet at the top of the arch. (Sun file photo)

: Nov. 4, 1963: One of the few things a nickle would buy: A ride on D.C. Transit’s new Minibus, shown on one of its inaugural runs through the business district in the capital. (AP)

: July 2, 1963: Eight street cars formerly used in the Washington transit system were loaded aboard a ship to send to Spain. (Sunpapers file photo by Ellis Malashuk)

: July 2, 1955: “Government girls” holding home direction signs, try their luck with a motorists for a free ride during the transit strike which tied up city bus and trolley services. (AP)

: July 2, 1955: Homeward-bound workers, without city bus and trolley service because of a transit strike, jam Pennsylvania Avenye with cars. (AP)

: View of the G Street entrance to the Old Patent Office Building, an excellent example of the monumental Greek Revival style of the 1830’s. Photo by Peter Fink.

: July 25, 1930: When a new record for all times has been established at the US Patent Office, issuing nearly 49,000 patents in the last fiscal year – with automotive and silk industries leading. Here, the interior of the Patent Office, where clerks work. (Underwood and Underwood file photo)

: March 28, 1944: Washington D.C.

: Undated: Building the new Dept. of War building, 21st Street N.W.

: Dec. 17, 1978: The flower room at the White House. Mr. White and his three-man staff prepare an average of 62 arrangements every day, most of which are whisked back to the refriderator to be used again. (Sun photo by William L. Klender)

: Feb. 11, 1979: The historic Willard Hotel on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue, slated to be restored. (Sun file photo by Lloyd Pearson)

: Undated: Outside the Israeli Embassy in D.C.

: Jan. 8, 1935: A model of plans for Washington D.C.

: Dec. 12, 1931: Lincoln Memorial

: Feb. 1, 1928: The Smithsonian Institute in winter from the air.

: August 1, 1981: A train streaks into the Dupont Circle station. (David Brauner)

: February 20, 1929

: Jan. 26, 1932

: Sept. 8, 1978: The original cutline reads, “There’s more to D.C. than Georgetown — all those trendy ‘G.T.’ bars with ferns and exposed brick walls notwithstanding.”

: April 9, 1972: Georgetown

: March 23, 1975: Georgetown home on “Smith’s Row,” believed to have been built around 1805. (William L. Klender)

: Georgetown, from P Street looking down Wisconsin

: December 14, 1968: While the inaugural stands and platforms are being erected on the east side of the Capital to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars or so, over on the west side, the walls were quietly crumbling down. Strong beans have been shoring up the cracked, disintegrating and bulging sandstone walls since 1965.