West Potomac Park

This is a bulldog. Not Queen.

Wild Dog, Potomac Parkway Terror, Shot and Killed

This is probably not something you would see today. At least, let’s hope not. We came across the headline “Wild Dog of Potomac Slain” in The Washington Post from July 28th, 1913. Below is the article. “Queen,”...
West Potomac Park flowers (1921)

Beautiful Colorized Photo of West Potomac Park (1921)

This is a terrific old colorized photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston from 1921.
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