Whenever I stroll through D.C. cemeteries, given my fascinating with the stories of regular Washingtonians, I'm always curious what the story is behind the names on the headstones. Hundreds and thousands of people who lived decades,...
The 1962 Congressional Baseball Game at D.C. (later RFK) Stadium. Phil on the left, Speaker John McCormick is throwing out the first ball and Minority Leader Charlie Halleck is standing to the...
This is a morbid story from The Baltimore Sun, printed on March 10th, 1923. What is extremely striking is how graphic the depiction was back then. Washington, March 9.--For the first...
We came across this photo of White House police officer Roland Ford in the Library of Congress archives. Source: Library of Congress We did a little digging to see what we could find on Roland. According to the...
We've stumbled across an amazing character from Washington's past, one to rival (but not surpass, of course) Officer Sprinkle. No doubt, the two of them crossed paths at one point and one was likely well-acquainted with...
Washington is a baseball town. There is no doubt about that. In fact, there is a rich history going back to the 19th century including an Irishman's bar...
A Personal Story, Faces & Places of Yesterday, Guest Posts / 25.11.2013
FDR and the “Buddy Poppy” (1938)
I never knew about the significance of the November poppy for certain countries until I left to study in Brussels back in 2004. Now, I notice it. Every November, I notice the poppy. My wife pins a...
A Personal Story, Guest Posts, Notable People & Places / 09.10.2013
Almost Royal: The Kitty Elkins “Affair”
Most young girls dream of being a princess and young women of finding a love so strong that the prince would leave his throne for her. Though this happened to Grace Kelly and Wallis Simpson, it...
A Personal Story, Guest Posts / 26.09.2013
Scandalous Love: The Bodisco Marriage
As the hamlet of Georgetown grew alongside the capital, it became a place for foreign dignitaries to reside, hoping to include themselves in the upper echelons of society. Marriage between prominent families to secure wealth, reputation,...
A Personal Story / 26.07.2013
Who Was Morris S. Strock?
It's been a while since we dug into the story of someone we found in a an old photograph. The last one was the fascinating story of Annie O'Connell. Though these are not always the most...
This is an interesting article that we came across, published in the Washington Post on February 10th, 1924. A 10-year-old student in high school! She is Sylvia Altman, daughter of...
You all have been waiting a long, long time for this. So have we. Thanks to one of our GoDC fans, we have in our possession, the...
Photos like this really captivate us. This is Miriam Auerbach at the age of 12 in 1924. Her father was Joseph Auerbach, clothing store merchant from Germany, who had arrived in the U.S. in 1906. He...
A Personal Story, Faces & Places of Yesterday / 24.07.2012
More on Marjorie Morris, the “Whoopee Party” Girl
I was trying to dig up a photo, or at least some more information on what happened to Marjorie. I was able to find two documents related to her on Ancestry.com. The first one I found was...