24 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/a8e0727e62246e1dc1f93f5eb99c3ab4.jpg d906454031977c3ce8c700ad0e0a16be Person An individual. Name Poole, John Birth Date 1769 Death Date 1828 Birthplace England Deathplace Goochland County, VA Occupation real estate developer Biographical Text In 1793, John Poole, Jr. used a 15-acre tract that he received from his father, John Poole, Sr., to build a log store and subsequently subdivided the tract, selling portions to a number of other merchants, thus establishing the settlement of Poolesville. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18294527" target="_blank">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18294527</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Poole real estate developer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/ad54c0e528faf4760c4f27224b80b814.jpg 3fd268609b84a7de3d0b597abbd81c5d Person An individual. Name Pope, Loren Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88183374.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88183374.html</a> Birth Date 1910 Death Date 2008 Birthplace Minneapolis, MN Occupation writer Biographical Text In 1965, Pope, a former newspaperman and education editor of The New York Times, founded the College Placement Bureau, one of the first independent college placement counseling services in the United States. Pope was also known for commissioning the Pope-Leighey House in 1939, designed and constructed originally in Falls Church, Virginia, by Frank Lloyd Wright. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Pope" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Pope</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Loren Pope writer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/7df0e1269645a61d51f48ba117a0ea11.jpg d1715bcea68b4c929356aed5c54aa891 Person An individual. Name Potter, John Birth Date 1789 Death Date 1823 Occupation silversmith Biographical Text Potter was a silversmith apprenticed to John Adams in Alexandria, VA. Later, in his own right, he was a silversmith in Alexandria and Norfolk. Source <a title="http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html" href="http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html">http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html</a> <a title="http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee" href="http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee">http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Potter silversmith https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/5974f50ccbb373743516c2ad05ad3a38.jpg 353a74233b543d000a5647480169b616 Person An individual. Name Plumb, Ben M. Occupation real estate developer Biographical Text In 1869, Plumb, a developer and speculator from Washington, D.C., and his associates purchased a 300-acre farm from Henry Carrick at the future juncture of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad and the spur line to Washington, D.C. In 1870, Plumb surveyed and platted a town of approximately one square mile. He offered building lots for sale, each of 2,500 square feet for $25. Several stores were constructed, lots were reserved for school and churches, two parks were laid out, and the railroad company began construction of depot, round house and machine shops. The station remained a busy stop until 1989, when it closed to make way for a new station at Bowie State University. The City of Bowie, in recognition of the station’s important role in its history, restored the buildings in the early 1990’s. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/HistoricCommunitiesSurvey/CommunityDocumentations/71B-002%20Huntington/PG%2071B-002,Huntington-Bowie%20Community%20Survey.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/HistoricCommunitiesSurvey/CommunityDocumentations/71B-002%20Huntington/PG%2071B-002,Huntington-Bowie%20Community%20Survey.pdf</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ben M. Plumb real estate developer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/fd2db059cfac3eea43e4db81237b9db2.jpg 9ec0e2b9d47c104109d3325a0a388f75 Person An individual. Name Isabella I, Queen of Spain Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081472.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081472.html</a> Birth Date 1451 Death Date 1504 Birthplace Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain Deathplace Medina del Campo, Spain Occupation queen; aristocrat; dignitary Biographical Text Isabella I was Queen of Castille. She was married to Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage became the basis for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, ordering conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects in the Spanish Inquisition, and for supporting and financing Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage that led to the opening of the New World and to the establishment of Spain as the first global power which dominated Europe and much of the world for more than a century. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Isabella I, Queen of Spain aristocrat dignitary queen women https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/0f693946e17a67dd09809f7cde315829.jpg ab9430bdedb1c37836c6c1c8810e744b Person An individual. Name Roosevelt, Franklin D. Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022932.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022932.html</a> Birth Date 1882 Death Date 1945 Birthplace Hyde Park, NY Deathplace Warm Springs, GA Occupation president Biographical Text Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States, from 1933 to 1945. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Franklin D. Roosevelt president https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/97431905da027bcda2921785e1cfff3f.jpg b75130f4c432d6ddc47645e93d6106f8 Person An individual. Name Rosenwald, Julius Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84168464.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84168464.html</a> Birth Date 1862 Death Date 1932 Birthplace Springfield, IL Deathplace Highland Park, IL Occupation businessman; merchant; philanthropist Biographical Text American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more than $5 million and served as President from 1927 to 1932. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rosenwald" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rosenwald</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Julius Rosenwald businessman merchant philanthropist https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/96ba5ec6a10814168b62d5399e241b95.jpg fdafbe24bf97672470874828c5f6775a Person An individual. Name Rouse, James Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Rouse%2C+James&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500069268" target="_blank">http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Rouse%2C+James&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500069268</a> Birth Date 1914 Death Date 1996 Birthplace Easton, MD Deathplace Columbia, MD Occupation real estate developer Biographical Text Rouse was founder of The Rouse Company and the Columbia Archives, was a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthropist. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rouse" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rouse</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Rouse real estate developer Person An individual. Name Seabrook, Thomas Birth Date c. 1817 Death Date 1897 Deathplace Philadelphia, PA Occupation real estate developer Biographical Text Seabrook was most known for his work on the construction and extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Seabrook, MD takes its name from Thomas Seabrook. He originally built three cottages and a park with fenced-in tame deer in the area near the rail station in the early 1870s. He envisioned a community in the area built on a co-op basis. A school was built in 1895. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Seabrook" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Seabrook</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Seabrook real estate developer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/6891064043e8649f6921441ea33cc86f.jpg ac192bc6b2483a49e6116b96a97fa9fe Person An individual. Name Shakespeare, William Authority Sources <a title="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095332.html" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095332.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095332.html</a> Birth Date 1564 Death Date 1616 Birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Deathplace Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Occupation playwright; poet Biographical Text Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Shakespeare playwright poet