Stories about American League - Ghosts of DC

Babe Ruth at bat against Washington

Babe Ruth’s Final Game and Home Run as a Yankee

Aug 29, 2012

Babe Ruth and the Yankees came to town in September of 1934 for one last hurrah. They were to play the Senators in a...

1924 World Series program

The Senators Are In the World Series! (1924)

Feb 3, 2012

The eternally woeful Washington Senators were headed to the World Series in October of 1924 to face the New York Giants. Actually, during the...

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Man Arrested After Frantic Drive on Dupont Circle … and Babe...

Jan 11, 2012

Que Street NW between 27 and 28, "Bellevue" Rittenhouse home, built about 1750, was the home of Joseph Nourse and Washington was a frequent guest here - #544

Dumbarton House (formerly Bellevue) on Q Street: George Washington Stayed Here

Oct 21, 2014

Photo shows a man and a boy in summer straw hats happily displaying some unidentifiable papers on F Street, with the Treasury and a new electric hooded arc streetlight in the background. One of a series of scenes near Painter's office at 14th and E streets, this picture bears the hallmarks of the new "snapshot" style now made possible by the invention of the quick, hand-held Kodak: natural smiles and the movement of the ladies under the umbrella.

Photo of Man and Boy Outside Treasury in 1885

Sep 28, 2016