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October 03, 2022

Pianos and the Golden Age of DC Music Stores

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The Holmes Modern Bakery, one of DC's largest

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January 14, 2020

The Hecht Company, last of DC's department stores

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November 20, 2019

The rise and fall of Samuel Rutherford's National Benefit Life Insurance Company

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August 16, 2017

The Washington Arsenal's Explosive History

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November 15, 2016

W.B. Moses & Sons, once Washington's largest furniture store

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The lost hilltop home of the National Bureau of Standards

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Welcome. New articles are generally posted to this blog about once every one or two months. Many of the illustrations are from original postcards or other ephemera in the author's collection, and they can also be found here. Feel free to send comments or suggestions to StreetsofWashington@gmail.com.

The author, John DeFerrari, is a native Washingtonian with a lifelong passion for local history. He is also a trustee of the D.C. Preservation League.