Early Picnic Grounds ; Arlington Spring

[jeff of pa]

Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 10 Aug. 1947.





Arlington Spring and buildings
provided by George Washington Parke Custis as a
recreation center for the people of Washington.













Abington. Here was the home of John Parke Custis,
who purchased Arlington in 1778.







https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1947-08-10/ed-1/seq-43/

 

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