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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 29, 2012
Caption: Map and the Neighborhood
Additional Description: Top: This 1903 map shows a portion of Swampoodle overlaid with a plan for Union Station. Swampoodle extended north to New York and Florida Aves., west to First St., NW, and east to Second St., NE.

Lower Left: Thanksgiving Day, 1896, for Irish immigrants Patrick and Margaret Kennedy Lane, center, and their family at 515 H St. The house Patrick built was still there in 2012.

Lower Right: The Whistle Bottling Works, formerly a Pabst brewery across from the GPO, employed nearby residents.
Submitted: September 30, 2012, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p221513
File Size: 2.606 Megabytes

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