#OTD in 1885, Emily Truxton Beale died, "in the 87th year of her age," and #BloomingdaleDC began its first life as a "hot" neighborhood.
Emily Beale's husband, George, had died in 1835, 50 years earlier! I can't imagine what her life must have been like.
8:45 AM - 21 May 2015
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