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Day: February 4, 2014

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Vince Lombardi

The Day Vince Lombardi Died

Happened to catch that Vince Lombardi special the other day on HBO. They always manage to show it in the run-up to the Super Bowl. It brought home again the total shock of learning shortly before the 1970 season that

Phoebe Hearst Elementary School

Why Is It Named Hearst Elementary School?

Hearst Elementary School up in North Cleveland Park, behind Sidwell Friends, is a cute little school for about 200 students. We’ve wanted to do a post on a local public school for a while and were curious where the name

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Topographical Sketch of Rock Creek Park (1866)

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1942. "Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C." Medium format nitrate negative by Albert Freeman for the Office of War Information.

Parking in D.C. for 35 Cents in 1942

Providence Hospital in the early 1900s (Library of Congress)

Lost History: Providence Hospital and the Story Behind Providence Park

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

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Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

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Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

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