Photo Gallery

Below, we’ve assembled images from 100+ years of Rosemont history. Additionally, in 2009 the Washington Post Magazine published a set of photos by Claudia Smigrod, comparing images that she had taken of Rosemont children in the late 1980s with the same individuals in the late 2000s, and our Facebook page includes photos of recent events.

Fourth of July

Rosemont’s annual Fourth of July celebration at the Maury School – a community tradition since the mid-1960s – frequently is given photo coverage in the press. Recent coverage follows; older photos are included in the archives below:

2010s

Plaque rededicating the Braddock Cannon on its 100th Anniversary, 2015

Ann and Greg Taylor, with the newly-installed historic district marker for Rosemont, 2014:

Sign for the Mister Kwick Laundry Center, dating to the 1960s (405 East Braddock Road), 2012:

Rosemont Park Market (2 East Walnut Street), 2012:

Rosemont aerial view, 2010 (Creative Commons license – original by Adam Gerrard):

2000s

Rosemont Park Market (2 East Walnut Street), 2009:

Rosemont aerial view, 2008:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2006:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2005:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2004:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2003:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2002:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2001:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 2000:

1990s

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1999:

Holiday Season in Rosemont, 1998:

Marguerite Lang, 1998:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1998:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1997:

Betty Murphy, Bob Murphy, Owen Malone, and Daniel Fairfax O’Flaherty, 1996:

100 Block of West Cedar Street, c. 1992:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1992:

Retirement Party for Letter Carrier Dave Morgan, 1990:

1980s

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1988:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1987:

Ellen Pickering in the yard of her Rosemont home, 1987:

The George Washington Masonic Memorial, seen from Commonwealth Avenue, 1987:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1986:

Rosemont Park Market (2 East Walnut Street), 1985:

First American Bank (at Commonwealth Avenue and East Walnut Street), 1985:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1985:

Sunset Mini Park (at Sunset Drive and King Street), 1984:

Albert and Maria Chung, proprietors of the Rosemont Park Market (2 East Walnut Street), 1984:

Jason Yates, proprietor of Yates Automotive (317 East Braddock Road), and “Beau”, 1984:

The Keiger family of Rosemont, 1984:

Maury Elementary School, 1984:

Russell Road and West Rosemont Avenue, 1984:

1300 Block of Mount Vernon Avenue, 1983:

Elsa Rosenthal of Artifacts, Inc., 702 Mount Vernon Avenue, 1982:

Drainage conduit installed in Beach Park, 1982:

Rosemont (lower left) from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1982:

Rosemont from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1981:

Rosemont (lower left) from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, c. 1980:

Rosemont aerial view, 1980 (from HistoricalAerials.com):

1970s

Christine Cuspard in her classroom at the Maury School, 1979:

Elsa Rosenthal of Artifacts, Inc., 702 Mount Vernon Avenue, 1979:

Maury School students use a computer at the school science fair, 1979:

Real estate advertisement (showing 5 West Rosemont Avenue), 1977:

Maury Elementary School, 1976:

Rosemont (lower left) from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, 1976:

1300 Block of Mount Vernon Avenue, 1976:

Unit Block of East Maple Street, 1976:

Real estate advertisement (advertising Chapman Square), 1975:

Rosemont from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, 1974:

Pat Higgins, Ginger Barbash, and Gloria Foster, 1974:

A.J. Pettit at the corner of Braddock Road and Mount Vernon Avenue, 1974:

Rosemont children at play (including future actor Dermot Mulroney), 1974:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1973:

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1972:

Barrier closing Walnut Street to through traffic, 1971:

Rosemont from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, 1971:

Rosemont Park Market (2 East Walnut Street), 1970:

Rosemont aerial view, 1970:

1960s

Rosemont Fourth of July, 1968:

Excerpt from Metro planning map (showing a station at Monroe Avenue instead of Braddock Road), 1968:

Burger Chef, 706 Mount Vernon Avenue, 1965:

Four boys who escaped being swept into a storm sewer near Timber Branch Parkway, 1965:

USGS topographical map excerpt, 1965 (with additions in purple from 1983):

Rosemont aerial view, 1964 (from HistoricalAerials.com):

East Braddock Road and Mount Vernon Avenue, 1963:

Maury School student Joe Sacks demonstrates his ham radio license, 1963:

Maury School Principal Lillian Beach and a bust of Commodore Maury, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 201, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 202, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 202A, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 203, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 209, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 217, 1963:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 218, 1963:

Clair Lamborne of 808 Junior Street votes at the Maury School, 1963:

7-Eleven, 411 East Braddock Road, 1962:

Betty Quate of 900 Junior Street has her blood pressure checked, 1962:

Mrs. Charles F. Holden at her house at 100 West Rosemont Avenue, 1962:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1961:

Rosemont (lower left) from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, c. 1960:

Advertisement (showing Mrs. E.J. Browning of 205 West Masonic View), 1960:

1950s

Intersection of Russell Road and Braddock Road, 1959:

Unauthorized modifications to the cannon at Russell Road and Braddock Road, 1959:

Maud Wood of 14 East Oak Street, 1959:

Steve Nelson of 8 West Myrtle Street and his dog Lady, 1959:

East Braddock Road and Mount Vernon Avenue, 1958:

Betty Kilroy of 15 West Masonic View is crowned Valentine Sweetheart at George Washington High School, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 201, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 202, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 202A, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 203, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 209, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 217, 1958:

Alexandria Real Estate Assessment – Map 218, 1958:

Real estate advertisement (showing 26 West Glendale Avenue), 1957:

Real estate advertisement (showing 206 West Masonic View), 1957:

Maury School students receive batting tips, 1957:

Third grader Sally Fitzpatrick at the Maury Elementary School, 1956:

Real estate advertisement (showing 718 Timber Branch Parkway), 1956:

William Huhn of 20 East Linden Street retires after 50 years as a telegraph operator, 1956:

Rosemont (lower left) from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1955:

Real estate advertisement (showing 308 West Masonic View), 1955:

Real estate advertisement (showing 1004 Russell Road), 1955:

A family of voters at the Maury School, 1955:

Jack Lee Flowers, Jr. – Washington Star paperboy – with his brother and father, 1955:

GW Sugar Bowl, 1302 Mount Vernon Avenue, 1954:

Greenhouse built by Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Holden at 100 West Rosemont Avenue, 1954:

Kenneth Hart of 21 West Rosemont Avenue, one of a group of Gazette paperboys who won a trip to Atlantic City, 1954:

Real estate advertisement (showing 429 Summers Drive), 1954:

Real estate advertisement (showing 1408 Ruffner Road), 1953:

Real estate advertisement (showing 27 East Myrtle Avenue), 1953:

Real estate advertisement (showing 402 Rucker Place), 1952:

Real estate advertisement (showing 400 Rucker Place), 1952:

Real estate advertisement (showing 16 West Maple Street), 1952:

Real estate advertisement (showing 304 West Masonic View Avenue), 1951:

Real estate advertisement (showing 202 West Glendale Avenue), 1951:

Real estate advertisement (showing 409 Rucker Place), 1951:

Real estate advertisement (showing the 100 block of East Rosemont Avenue), 1950:

Martha Pendell of 25 East Oak Street, 1950:

Real estate advertisement (showing 31 East Masonic View), 1950:

Sue Ellen Arbogast – winner of a “little sister” beauty contest – and Timothy Thomas Arbogast of 205 Summers Drive, 1950:

Rosemont (upper right) from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, c. 1950:

Rosemont (upper left) from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, c. 1950:

1950 census enumeration map:

1940s

Rosemont aerial view, 1949 (from HistoricalAerials.com):

Alexandria Church of Christ Building Permit, 1949:

Alexandria Church of Christ Survey, 1949:

Alexandria Church of Christ Elevation, 1949:

Temple Baptist Church, 700 Commonwealth Avenue, 1949:

Mrs. Julian Davis, Mrs. Thomas Nelson, and Mrs. G.P. Zickefoose at an etiquette class, 1949:

Sue Briscoe of 34 East Linden Street supports the Georgetown baseball team, 1948:

Mrs. Grace Simmons of 426 East Glendale Avenue operates a cable-braiding machine, 1948:

Robert Redmond of 9 West Maple Street, the White House’s head florist and gardener, 1948:

Hooff’s Run at East Linden Street, 1948 (with arrow noting sewer pipe):

Real estate advertisement (showing 10 East Chapman Street), 1948:

East Braddock Road and Mount Vernon Avenue, 1947:

George Johnson, Jr. of 406 West Masonic View and Billy Duff of 107 West Masonic View at National Airport, 1947:

Jean and Janice Cox of the 100 block of East Spring Street display their father’s war trophies, 1945:

Real estate advertisement (showing 808 Junior Street), 1946:

Real estate advertisement (showing 10 East Chapman Street), 1946:

Real estate advertisement (showing 302 Summers Drive), 1946:

Real estate advertisement (showing 1 West Oak Street, mislabeled as 1 East Oak Street), 1945:

Rosemont from the George Washington Masonic Memorial, c. 1945:

USGS topographical map excerpt, 1945:

Five generations of women at the Taylor residence at 310 West Myrtle Street, 1943:

Rhea Nalls of 115 West Maple Street votes, 1942:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 1 Excerpt, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 32, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 34, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 35, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 36, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 38, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 39, 1941 (with updates through 1957):

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, c. 1940:

Blueprints for the Maury Schoolyard, 1940:

Real estate advertisement (showing 910 Junior Street), 1940:

Excerpt from the federal census enumeration district map, 1940:

1940 census enumeration map:

1930s

Rosemont aerial view (middle left), 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 201, 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 202, 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 203, 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 209, 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 217, 1939:

Alexandria Real Property Survey – Map 218, 1939:

Garden Party at “Eastern View,” 2525 King Street, 1938:

300 block of Commonwealth Avenue, 1938:

Unit block of East Linden Street, 1938:

Commonwealth Avenue and East Linden Street Rowhouses Building Permit, 1938:

Commonwealth Avenue and East Linden Street Rowhouses Plat, 1938:

Commonwealth Avenue and East Linden Street Rowhouses Elevation, 1938:

15 East Myrtle Street Building Permit, 1937:

15 East Myrtle Street Elevation, 1937:

Real estate advertisement (showing 211 West Walnut Street), 1935:

Real estate advertisement (showing 305 Russell Road), 1933:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1932:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, c. 1932:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 1 Excerpt, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 26 Excerpt, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 28, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 29, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 30, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 31, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 32, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 33, 1931:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 40, 1931:

Rosemont (lower right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1931:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1931:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1931:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1931:

Alexandria zoning map excerpt, 1931 (notable for street names that have not yet taken on their modern forms, including that Commonwealth Avenue is still Washington Avenue, part of Oak Street is still Dick Street, and part of Masonic View Avenue is still Craik Street; these and other street names would be changed in the 1940s):

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1930:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1930:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1930:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1930:

1920s

Maury Elementary School, 1929:

300 block of West Myrtle Street, 1929:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1929:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1929:

Rosemont (lower right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1929:

Blueprints for planned-but-never-built Oronoco Street underpass to Rosemont, 1929:

Rosemont (middle left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, c. 1928:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1928:

Real estate advertisement (showing what is now 101 West Linden Street), 1927:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1927:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1927:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1927:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1926:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1926:

705 Little Street, c. 1925:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1925:

Rosemont (upper left) from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, c. 1925:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, c. 1925:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, c. 1925:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1925:

Rosemont and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1925:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial’s dedication ceremony, 1923:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial’s dedication ceremony, 1923:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial’s dedication ceremony, 1923:

Rosemont (upper left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial’s dedication ceremony, 1923:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1923:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, c. 1923:

Rosemont (upper left and upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1923:

Rosemont (lower left) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial under construction, 1923:

Rosemont Station, c. 1922:

The unit block of East Linden Street after a major rainstorm, 1922:

Real estate advertisement, 1922:

Rosemont (upper right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1922:

Rosemont (lower right) and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 1 Excerpt, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 25, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 26, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 27, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 28, 1921:

Alexandria Sanborn Fire Insurance – Map 29, 1921:

Real estate advertisement (showing 8 East Walnut Street), 1921:

Real estate advertisement (showing 121 East Walnut Street), 1920:

Real estate advertisement (showing the 300 block of Rucker Place), 1920:

Real estate advertisement, 1920:

Rosemont from Shooters Hill, c., 1920:

Rosemont from Shooters Hill, c. 1920:

300 block of Rucker Place, 1920:

100 block of East Walnut Street, 1920:

16 West Rosemont Avenue, 1920:

1910s

Real estate advertisement (showing 106 West Rosemont Avenue), 1919:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue, 1918:

The cannon at Braddock Road and Russell Road, c. 1916:

Timetable for the Washington-Virginia Railway Company, 1916:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue, 1916:

Later-dated map showing territory (including Rosemont) annexed by Alexandria, 1915:

Rosemont Station, c. 1915:

Houses in Rosemont, 1914:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue, 1914:

Rosemont Development Company pamphlet, c. 1913:

Houses on Cedar Street, c. 1912:

Houses on Walnut Street, c. 1912:

Rosemont Station and Tennis Court, c. 1912:

400 North View Terrace, c. 1912:

207 Walnut Street, c. 1912:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue (colorized), c. 1912:

Map of Rosemont, 1912:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue, 1911:

Rosemont Station and West Rosemont Avenue, c. 1911:

Rosemont Station and West Rosemont Avenue (panoramic view), c. 1911:

Unit block of West Rosemont Avenue, 1911:

200 block of West Rosemont Avenue (colorized), c. 1911:

Rosemont Station, 1910:

Houses of Frank L. Slaymaker and Edward H. Kemper, 1910:

House of George W. Keys, 1910:

House of Thomas Hulfish, 1910:

1900s

Site in which the body of Walter Schultz was found, 100 yards east of Rosemont Station, 1909:

Blueprint for house of Frank L. Slaymaker, c. 1909:

15 West Cedar Street, c. 1909 (built for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goldsworthy, according to an article in the May 11, 1977 edition of the Packet):

Orville Wright, on a demonstration flight from Fort Myers, rounds a target balloon over Shooters Hill, 1909:

Map showing the electrification of Rosemont (and the realignment of Cedar Street), 1909:

Map showing sold lots in Rosemont, 1908:

Virginia Title Company map excerpt, 1900:

1890s

G.M. Hopkins map excerpt (showing unbuilt Spring Park streets), 1894:

Unimplemented plan for Spring Park, 1893:

1870s

Excerpt from a map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County), showing the city of Alexandria and to its west the future site of Rosemont, 1878:

1860s

Photograph from the studio of Civil War photographer Matthew Brady, taken from Shooter’s Hill (the future site of Rosemont to the left), 1864:

Civil War-era map showing Fort Ellsworth on Shooter’s Hill and future site of Rosemont, 1862:

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