A Look Back at Braddock District, Fairfax County, Virginia

Item #155: Members of the Simpson Family, circa 1937

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The Simpson family lived in the Silas Burke House, also known as Top o' the Hill. Two members of the family pose on a car bumper in...

Item #125: Oral History: Suzanne (Suzi) Fowler Neal

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Suzanne Fowler Neal's family moved to Northern Virginia in the early 1900s. In 1925, they moved into Silas Burke House, which they called Top o' the...

Item #81: Burke International Airport Proposal, Letter of Opposition

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A 1951 letter from Paul C. Kincheloe, Chairman of the Northern Virginia Committee Opposed to a Supplemental Airport at Burke, Virginia. This letter...

Item #47: Simpson Family: Top 'o the Hill Gang

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Four young friends, (l to r) Bernice Rice, Mildred Simpson, James Wycoff, and Virginia Simpson at Spring Grove Farm, circa 1935. With no electronic...

Item #46: Child's Doll, Sweetie Pie

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Sweetie Pie was the childhood doll of Suzanne Fowler Neal. Sweetie Pie even played the Baby Jesus in a Christmas Eve Pageant at Burke Methodist...

Item #42: 1928 Buick

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1928 Buick with Elgin Kirby, long time Burke resident, at the wheel. Photo taken circa...

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