A big week for payphone news concludes with this awesomeness.
“Dear PoPville,
I’m a member of the DC Independent Order of Odd Fellows. I was wandering around the IOOF Temple in Penn Quarter recently and discovered a rotary pay phone from the C+P Telephone days! (more…)
Thanks to Terry for sending: “Had been asking for 10 years for this broken pay phone at 2452 18th St NW to be removed and finally was.” (more…)
1355 H Street, NE
ICYMI: Nesso Plaza Coming here: “A space for community, creativity, and local business.”
How cool?!! Thanks to G. for sending from the old Biergarten Haus space on H Street, NE:
“Peeked through the window. Almost everything is ripped out. Looks like there was an ad on the wall! (more…)
Incredible. Thanks to aa for sharing:
“Somehow the signage (or part of it) for the old Cafe Ole has survived at 4000 Wisc NW – as seen in the stairwell of Tenley OneLife Gym lol. Was happy to go down the Ole rabbit hole and learn about Cafe Fili in NE.”
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Flashback: (more…)
On the heels of last week’s Columbia Heights trivial pursuit flashback comes this magnificence from Cat:
“My husband bought this DC trivia game about 10 years ago at a yard sale and I just unearthed it.”
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Check it out: (more…)
Thanks to Stephanie for sending: “I was surprised to find this fabric remnant amongst my aunt’s belongings. I assume 4/27/70 is a date – was Woodies really selling fabric then?”
Should you come across any old DC photos or ephemera from your or your family’s collection please send to [email protected] or DM us at one of our socials @PoPville thanks!
Some history about Woodward & Lothrop from Wikipedia: (more…)
Should you come across any old DC photos or ephemera from your or your family’s collection please send to [email protected] or DM us at one of our socials @PoPville thanks!
Thanks to Kathleen for sending: “My father grew up in DC but continued to patronize Trible’s after moving to the Virginia suburbs. Note the postal code, phone number scheme, and lack of street number! (more…)
Should you come across any old DC photos or ephemera from your or your family’s collection please send to [email protected] or DM us at one of our socials @PoPville thanks!
“Dear PoPville,
Going through an old box of family papers I found a notebook of my great-grandmother’s. The notebook was from M.S. Ginn & Co., 918-920 14th St. NW. The entries are notes, letters, hand-drawn maps, and genealogical information from the early 1900s. One excerpt from a letter dated July 22, 1907 reads: (more…)
Too cool. Thanks to a reader for sending this blast from the past – The Insect Club Matchbox Cover.
Should you find an old DC photo or ephemera from your collection please send to [email protected] thanks!
1344 U Street, NW
Ah I love when readers send old photos from their collections. Too cool. This is one of Joe Englert‘s earliest spots – Andalusian Dog on U Street from 1992 (ish). Here’s a more recent photo from 2021: (more…)