Question for HTML gurus

Wednesday, May 9, 2012; 4:02:02 PM Eastern

Scratching my head over this page. Why is there a white gap at the top, above the menu? Looked at it in Firebug, but it seems it shouldn't be there. I know that's not right. Any ideas?

This is part of a restoration posts from 2012 and 2013. See these notes on the restoration. Last built: Sunday, July 8, 2018; 7:35:06 PM Eastern.