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1. HSWHH_200911_21.JPG: Forging Connections From the beginnings of the capital city in the early 1800s, some people chose to socialize with their own "set," a group based on shared ethnicity or cultural or business interests. Others were deliberately excluded. These impulses spurred the creation of private clubs, which have more to say about who were were -- and who we are.
2. HSWHH_200911_30.JPG: Feeding the City To know Washington's eateries -- soup kitchens to power lunch spots -- is to know local culture. The Historical Society's collections go inside these enterprises and reveal how world events and local conditions influenced them. During the Great Depression, for example, the Dee Street Cafeteria fed the homeless. During World War II ingredients suddenly were rationed, leading the Evening Star newspaper to publish a book of substitutions. Eateries advertised with postcards, including "Thompson's Cafeteria," otherwise known as the Thompson's Restaurant that became the focus of legal efforts to desegregate businesses. And, at the top of the heap, the legendary Duke Ziebart (1911-1997) hosted politicians, lobbyists, athletes, and journalists who soaked up each others' company (and two-martini lunches).
3. HSWHH_200911_35.JPG: From Streetcars to Metro When relatively nimble automobiles arrived in the early 1900s, they conflicted with inflexible streetcars. Eventually buses replaced streetcars, and then the subway arrived. In addition to a wealth of published maps documenting these systems, the Kiplinger Research Library is home to unique documents -- especially photographs -- that were made by individuals fascinated by transportation.
4. HSWHH_200911_40.JPG: A Remarkable Career William H. "Pop" Saunders (1921-1993) was one of six Metrobus drivers selected to become supervisors of Metro train drivers in 1974. But his 32-year career had begun in 1946 when Capital Transit hired him as a laborer, the only job at the company then open to African Americans. In 1955, the transit system bowed to political pressure and began to employ African Americans as drivers. A year later, Saunders was driving a streetcar. When streetcars were replaced by buses in 1962, he made the transition as well. His record earned him a place in the first group trained to supervise Metro train operators in 1974, and he took the throttle for the first ceremonial VIP ride a year later. Saunders retired in 1978.
5. HSWHH_200911_48.JPG: The DC History Center promotes a sense of identity, place, and pride in Washington, DC.
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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11. The child president's handling of the pandemic was a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and dramatically increasing infections and deaths here.The BLM protests started in June, made all the worse by the child president's inability to have any empathy for anyone other than himself. Then of course he tried to steal the election in November. What a year! Trips: Because of COVID, the farthest distance I traveled after that was about 40 miles. I only visited sites in four states -- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC -- and didn't do any overnight travel anywhere. That was the least amount of travel I had done since 1995. Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.
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