Try an address, a neighborhood, a name or a year, like “14th and U” or “1968.”
Not sure where to start?Take a look at an old real estate advertisement from Washington Heights in 1904 and learn about the creation of FIFA one week earlier. Today, Washington Heights is known as Adams Morgan.
Old real estate advertisements are the best. This one is from the Evening Star on Saturday, May 28th, 1904. For some interesting trivia, soccer fans will be thrilled to know that exactly one week earlier, May 21st, the International Association of Federation Football (FIFA) was created.
Also, Washington Heights is now known as Adams Morgan.
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Topics1900s · Adams Morgan · Washington Heights
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