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Thanks to John for sending: ” These pics of JFK and RFK have been in my 1937 garage for a long while. Nice piece of 20th century history next to a 21st century electric car charging station.” (more…)
Thanks to Victoria for sending: ” I found this empty can of sardines from the old Sea Lion canning factory in Lubec, Maine, which closed a decade ago. From the look of the closing mechanism I’m guessing it’s from the forties. Neat!”
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Thanks to Derrick for sending from his 1927 row house in Trinidad:
“I was renovating the back addition of my house, which was a screen porch, eventually converted to a room. We removed the baseboards and came across these. Baseball card from 1964, a 1930s wheat penny, some child’s drawings, newspapers from the 50’s and a pin for Glen Echo Park. Not sure of date.”
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Thanks to Carolyn for sending from “Armesleigh Park in Tenleytown DC. Our house was built in 1921. In a wooden barrel in the rafters of the garage we found several old toys. This Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum truck was the best, but there were also a train engine, a full-sized scooter, and a small wooden truck and military tank.” (more…)
Ah this is a super cool one. Thanks to much to Fred for sharing this find:
“I had the plaster taken down from my staircase wall of my home in SE DC a few years ago and found some old advertisements.
Did some research and was thinking of picking up the trail again. Here is what I know after sift through the archives. Perhaps your readers have more insight. There is definitely more of this on the second floor of the home, just have not uncovered it yet. (more…)
1213 U Street, NW
Thanks to all who sent the crushing ABC News story “Coronavirus pandemic brings Ben’s Chili Bowl, iconic DC business, to its knees”. Support Ben’s Chili Bowl here. (more…)
Thanks to Nick for sending from his 1928 Palisades bungalow. Nice find!
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Thanks to Susan for sending: “I found about ten newspapers from the 1940s under a linoleum floor covering in my rowhouse in Capitol Hill. Perhaps used as insulation or cushioning?”
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Thanks to Eric for sending: “Two matchbooks and what I think is a bus transfer from 1960. Found in the ash dump of my fireplace of all places, Petworth.”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house or place of work please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail.com thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house or place of work please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail.com thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Stephanie for sending: “In 2016 we dug out the basement of our row home in the U Street neighborhood. The basement was unfinished but did have a cement slab that was relatively new. The contractor broke up the slab and to dig down three feet. During this process, this jar was found under the slab, somehow in one piece! The markings on the bottom indicate that it was made in West Virginia in 1939.” (more…)