New on Streets of Washington: The history of DC's finest piano stores: https://t.co/U7KXMcdRz6 @OldTimeDC @GhostsofDC https://t.co/IMJPs4ptZq New on Streets of Washington: The history of DC's finest piano stores: https://t.co/U7KXMcdRz6 @OldTimeDC @GhostsofDC …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 3, 2022
Thinking about throwing out your old ticket stubs and menus from #DC restaurants? Maybe reconsider... Someday they might be a valuable trove of Washingtoniana. After all, collectors like Albert H. Small had to start somewhere! @GWTextileMuseum #DCHistory https://t.co/PSy33IL1LN…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 3, 2022
Today in History - October 3 https://t.co/J0obmCINmz John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on October 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now part of Alabama. Continue reading. On October 3, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt met with miners and coalfield …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 3, 2022
After decades, #DC has finalized sale of #McMillan Sand Filtration site on N. Capitol St. Did you know the strange silos were the city's answer to a typhoid epidemic? In early 1900s, DC had one of the largest death rates from typhoid in US. #DCHistory https://t.co/QZJ29Q2FD4 …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2022
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to @wetatvfm! On October 2, 1961 WETA Television Channel 26 went on the air with its inaugural broadcast, "The New Era." Watch it here: https://t.co/sHuItAuctF HAPPY BIRTHDAY to @wetatvfm! On October 2, 1961 WETA Television Channel 26 went on the air with its …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2022
October 2, 1991 -- 31 years ago today a couple hundred Washingtonians at the old @930club on F St were among the last to see #Nirvana before the band became a household name. A few weeks after the #DC show, the Nevermind album exploded. #OTD #DCHistory https://t.co/6X9JbqpArn …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2022
1910s postcard of 11th St NW facing north at M St, issued by Forster's Drug Store, located at 1017 M St NW. The drugstore building still stands, but all the others in this view are gone. This corner was the subject of Elliot Liebow's seminal 1967 study, "Tally's Corner." …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2022