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Item #233: Map: Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington
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Published in 1878-1879 by G. M. Hopkins, this atlas mapped communities within a 15-mile radius of Washington, D.C. Separate editions were issued for...
Item #229: VIDEO (NARRATED): FLYOVER OLD BURKE VILLAGE, 1975
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Old Burke Village resident Lonnie Schorer took her camera aloft in the fall of 1975 to shoot the series of pictures that are the basis for this video....
Item #228: Memories: Anne C. Brown
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Anne C. Brown shares memories of growing up and living in Burke, VA, which has been home to several generations of her family. Born in 1921, she...
Item #215: Oral History, Part 2: Delbert (Bill) Sheads and Elsie Sisson (1921 - 2008)
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In Part 2 of two interview sessions, Bill and Elsie (Sheads) Sisson, brother and sister, reminisce about their family, which came to the Braddock...
Item #213: Slide Show: Burke Historical Society Slide Presentation
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The history of Burke, Virginia is told in 80 captioned images, from the village's start in the 1850's as a railroad depot to the early 1990's.
The...
Item #200: Historic Survey Report: John Marshall House
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Survey description of John Marshall House, dated February 22, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey...
Item #189: Burke Forest Fire
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On April 20, 1941, a forest fire that ignited along the railroad near Guinea Road and Zion Road eventually burned an extensive area southward toward...
Item #186: Memories: Michele Sims
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Michele Sims is principal of Terra Centre Elementary School, a unique energy efficient building, constructed largely underground. She discusses the...
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...