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Aladdin's Palace: The Home of Edson and Julia Bradley

Stephen Hansen
Jan 12, 2021
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Bradley's "Aladdin's Place." Historical Society of Washington.

In 1907, New York liquor baron and president of the Kentucky Distilled ries and Warehouse Company, Edson Bradley, bought Gardiner Greene Hubbard’s house on Dupont Circle. The Bradleys had been making Washington their winter home for several years already and had become quite active in the city’s social life. 

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