Thanks to Patricia for sending: “Opened up walls in our former sleeping porch in Manor Park. Row house was built in 1929. Fairfax Farms Dairy milk bottle found in the insulation. (more…)
Archeological Finds
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Will for sharing from his dad: “from the Hahn shoe store on Pennsylvania ave I was told.” (more…)
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Claudia for sending this great find from “the St. John’s Opportunity Shop in Chevy Chase.”
The description on the back is the best: (more…)
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Katie for sending: “A neighbor in Mt. Rainier sadly passed away from Covid. His relatives have been cleaning out his house a bit and occasionally put some things on the curb. Another neighbor grabbed one of those pieces of furniture and found this neat relic in it!” (more…)
Found this beauty in my yard – dirty but in perfect shape! Apparently it’s from the 1930s/40s. Based on the number of listings for sale they don’t seem too rare but I can’t seem to find much about the dairy where they came from. Still a pretty cool book end. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
It’s been a while since Melody Music on Connecticut Avenue closed, but there was a Melody Music shopping bag mixed in with the sidewalk leaves on Swan Street this morning, (more…)
I spotted this guy at Cleveland Park Fine Wines & Spirits and couldn’t resist: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I recently bought a 1912 rowhouse in Columbia Heights and the owner/realtor didn’t know much about its fireplace. When I got a chimney/fireplace inspector out here, he discovered (while on the roof) that there was no chimney! (more…)
Thanks to Glen for sending this awesome find from 1957: “Been going thru about 100 years of family albums and this once I thought might interest you.”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.