Did You Know A Napoleon Lived on K Street?

Napoleon Bonaparte painting

You read that correctly. As in Napoleon Bonaparte … that is, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte III, the great-grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s youngest brother. Oh, Jerome III was also the great-grandson of Daniel Webster. Impressive lineage.

What set me down this path was the photo below. I came across it on Shorpy and had to figure out the story behind this malcontent teenager.

Blanche or Barbara Strebeigh in 1915 (Shorpy)
Blanche Strebeigh in 1915 (Shorpy)

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