Original building constructed built in 1904; closed in 1970, Front and side view of building, with unfinshed exterior grounds. Caption states, 'Nathaniel P. Gage School, 1904. 2nd above U St, N.W.' '+ Public Schools Elementary Gage. Report of the Schoolhouse Commission, 1908.'
Shows existing and proposed streets north of Boundary Street (Florida Avenue). Relief shown by contours., Encased in mylar; Map is in good condition except for rough upper left edge
Group photo of over one hundred laborers at American League Park, also known as Griffith Stadium., The ball park's wooden stands were destroyed by fire on March 17, 1911. The structure was rebuilt in steel and concrete and renamed Griffith Stadium.
Two cadets representing Company F, Eastern High School, are recipients of a flag presentation as winners of the 1916 Cadets Competition Drill held at Griffith Stadium. Spectators sit in the stands in the background., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
View of the Maryland House, located in the 2000 block of Georgia Avenue NW. The hotel was razed in 1914 for construction of Griffith Stadium., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
Regimental review of High School Cadets march in formation past spectators in the stands at Griffith Stadium., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
Company I, High School Cadets, stand at attention before Captain L.W. Turoff on the playing field of Griffith Stadium. The students are from Central High School. Spectators sit in the stands in the background., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
Company G, High School Cadets, perform rifle maneuvers on the playing field of Griffith Stadium. The students are from Eastern High School. Spectators sit in the stands in the background., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
Company I, 1st Regulation High School Cadets, stand at attention before Captain E.A. Poynton on the field of Griffith Stadium. The students are from Central High School. Spectators sit in the stands in the background., Number in title was assigned by Willard Ross
Please note this interview was conducted by cell phone and there are periods toward the end that are inaudible because of interference. This is an individual interview of Duane Sylvestre in which he discusses his experiences as an bar professional, reflecting his Trinidadian heritage in his approach to mixology, the visibility of Black bartenders in the industry, and how the service industry has changed as a result of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests., Duane Sylvestre is a notable bar professional in the D.C. area. He has worked in a number of establishments across Maryland and D.C. during the cocktail renaissance, and has a deep knowledge of the history of Shaw.
Audio of interview with Rhonda Steward. Ms. Steward discusses growing up in D.C., mostly in Shaw, her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, going to clubs and working, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, her involvement with transgender and HIV/AIDS organizations including Transgender Health Empowerment, and the changes in the city. Note: Oral Histories with similar themes and narrators are also available through the Rainbow History Project., Born at D.C. General Hospital in 1956, Rhonda Steward mostly grew up in the Shaw neighborhood, including on 9th Street and Ridge Street. She transitioned at an early age and began working in her mid-teens, dropping out of high school. She has been connected to several community organizations helping the transgender and larger LGBT communities in D.C. including TADD, THE, D.C. Care Consortium, and others. She bought her home in LeDroit Park in the 1990s, where she still lives today.
In this oral history interview, Mrs. Bertha Smoot, a long time D.C. resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Sampson County, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Smoot begins with a discussion of her family life and upbringing in Sampson County, North Carolina. She then talks about her move to Washington, D.C., in 1953 to study at Howard University. Mrs. Smoot also discusses her career in Washington with a particular focus on her years working in the Women’s Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department (1959-1967)., Born on May 17th, 1934, Bertha L. Smoot grew up with her mother, father, and two older brothers in Sampson County, North Carolina. Throughout her upbringing she spent time in several towns in Sampson and Wayne counties. Her father was a sharecropper farmer, and her mother worked in the home. In the fall of 1953, after graduating from high school, Mrs. Smoot moved in with her cousin in Washington, D.C., and began studying at Howard University. Soon after graduating from Howard, Mrs. Smoot got a job as a correctional officer at the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, West Virginia. Mrs. Smoot met her husband, who was from West Virginia, while working in Alderson and soon moved back to the District to live with him. Upon returning to Washington in 1959, Mrs. Smoot got a job as a police officer and worked in the Women’s Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department until 1967 when she transferred to the Department of Social Services. Mrs. Smoot later moved to the Office of the Inspector General and returned to investigations.
In this interview, Phylicia Fauntleroy Bowman discusses her family history; growing up near Washington Circle and then on Ingraham Street NW; attending D.C. public schools, including during desegregation; demographic changes to her neighborhood; her post-secondary education; and her career., Phylicia Fauntleroy Bowman is a native Washingtonian, born in 1947. When she was about six, her family moved to Brightwood, where they were the second Black family on the block. She attended Park View Elementary and, after desegregation, West Elementary, then MacFarland Junior High and Roosevelt High School. She attended Oberlin College before pursuing graduate degrees at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and American University. An economist, Bowman spent most of her career at the D.C. Public Service Commission, including many years as executive director.
In this interview, Marietta discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman, when she lived in her family’s Le Droit Park home while attending Howard University. She also discusses her move to Petworth in 1950 with her husband and daughter Linda. She talks about what the neighborhood was like when they first moved there, before most of the white families moved away, and in later years when she was a member of the Block Club, which met monthly. She and Linda comment on how the neighborhood has changed. Marietta also talks about her father’s job at the Library of Congress, and going to visit him there, and the stores she used to shop at downtown., Marietta Louise Stevens Crichlow was born in 1919 in Washington, D.C. She lived with her family in Le Droit Park and attended Mott Elementary until second grade, when her mother died. She then moved to Pennsylvania to live with relatives and returned to D.C. in 1937 to attend Howard University. She later received an MS in Education at Gallaudet University. She was a longtime member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. In 1950, she moved with her husband and daughter Linda to 543 Randolph Street in Petworth. She remained there for the rest of her life. She worked in the D.C. Public Schools. Linda Crichlow White, Marietta’s daughter, was born in 1949. She briefly attended Petworth Elementary School and then Park View Elementary. (This interview was focused on Marietta so no further biographical information was collected on Linda.), Collection 220, Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project, is not part of the DC Oral History Collaborative. However, the interviews from Collection 220 are part of the Mapping Segregation in Washington, D.C. project. The topic and interviewers are the same, the funding sources are different. The interviews from Collection 220 have been included with the interviews from the DC Oral History Collaborative as a convenience to researchers.
Monica Canarte describes her early life, schooling, education, career, family and her experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project, Monica Canarte is a D.C. native, mother of four, who is currently pursuing a masters degree, she continues to live in southeast D.C. after being displaced from Barry Farm
In this 3-part interview, writer and former journalist David E. Nicholson discusses growing up in Bloomingdale, his experience in DC Public Schools and as part of a small group of Black students who integrated Sidwell Friends School, and his family's involvement with St. George's Episcopal Church., David Nicholson was born in 1951 in Washington, D.C. His family lived in Jamaica, his father’s home, until 1960, when his mother returned to D.C. with her children and moved in with her parents in Bloomingdale. He attended the local public elementary school, then Jefferson Junior High, and Sidwell Friends for high school. Nicholson worked for the Washington Post for 13 years before resigning to write and take care of the family household.
Vanella Crawford, a native of Washington, D.C., discusses her family history, living in public housing before moving to the Columbia Height neighborhood, attending Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and then enrolling in the first class at Federal City College (now the University of the District of Columbia), her awakening the the catholic faith and political awareness, traveling to Europe and Africa as part of Experiments in International Living program, her family's concerns about perceived political radicalization, the community reaction to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., faculty influences on her decision to study social work, attending the Howard University School of Social Work, her professional work as a therapist and counselor, and her insights on parenting and attending college as a parent., Vanella Crawford was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948. Her family lived in a public housing project in LeDroit Park until she was nine, at which point they moved to 16th Street and Monroe Street NW. She attended Lucretia Mott Elementary School, Garnet-Patterson Junior High School, and Cardozo Senior High School, graduating in 1965. Crawford attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and returned to Washington, D.C. to enroll in Federal City College (now the University of the District of Columbia) when it opened in the fall of 1968. One of her most profound experiences at Federal City College was spending a semester traveling with other students in Europe and Africa. Crawford majored in social work and after graduation attended Howard University School of Social Work for a graduate degree. She went on to work as a therapist and counselor.
In this oral history interview, Henry Breedlove, a long time D.C. resident, discusses his experiences moving from Vienna, Georgia, to Washington, D.C. He talks about his upbringing in Vienna as well as how his parents sent him to live in Washington when he was 18 years old (in 1957) since they feared for his life after a confrontation he had with some white people. Mr. Breedlove also discusses his career in construction, his relationship with his wife, the passing of their son in 2013, and the role of religion in his life., Born in Vienna, Georgia, in 1939, Henry Breedlove was born to a large family with 10 siblings. His parents worked as sharecroppers and Mr. Breedlove and his siblings worked with them. At 18 his parents sent him to live with in his sister in Washington, D.C. He quickly got a construction job working and remained in the industry for his entire career. He lived with his sister until 1971 when he married his wife and got his own place. In 1999 they moved to Temple Hills, Maryland. He and his wife had one son who passed away in 2013.
Audio of interview with Jeremiah Lowery. In the interview, Lowery discusses growing up visiting his mother in a homeless shelter in D.C. and how his early sense of activism was rooted in wanting to help D.C. residents facing homelessness and to improve unhoused communities' access to services., Jeremiah Lowery shares his journey supporting his mother living in a D.C. shelter and how it inspired him to fight for equity across all wards of the city.
