What Once Was
Where did Washington DC’s 1950 Population of 800,000 Live?
Published: July 31st, 2018
To view images full size & high resolution, left click on each By Matthew B. Gilmore* In 1950 the United States federal census recorded the population in the District of Columbia at 802,178 -- Washington’s high population milestone. Today, as Washington’s estimated population crosses the 700,000 mark and may surpass 800,000 in ...
News for the Community: Origins of Washington’s Neighborhood Newspaper Tradition
Published: April 29th, 2018
News for the Capital and the Nation: Politics and Washington’s Daily Newspapers
Published: March 21st, 2018
Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley
Published: February 4th, 2018
One Final Flutter at Benning — the End of Horse Race Gambling in the District of Columbia
Published: January 1st, 2018
Memories Fade: Washington’s most memorialized (and least known) President
Published: October 21st, 2017
It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity: Ninety years of manufactured weather in Washington
Published: September 1st, 2017
