Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington
This is a guest post by Aaron. Newspapers called it a “New Deal Boom.” The Great Depression was coming to an end. The District’s peacetime population exploded as government grew and workers – men and women – flocked to new jobs. It was 1940. Census employees hit the streets in April. They determined that D.C. had grown rapidly. With an ... Read More »
1940 Census: D.C. Was Bigger Than Today, Housed A “Hobo Jungle Camp”
