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Visual Imagesof Washington,DC

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Washington, D.C.: Markets--B Street and 9th, NW. Photograph taken by J. Harry Shannon, 1913. From the Charles Suddarth Kelly Photographic Collections on the History of Washington, D.C.

A Guide to Visual Images in the Special Collections Research Center

Special Collections Research Center Gelman Library, Suite 704 Phone: 202-994-7549 Email: [email protected] http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ART BOOKS ......................................................................................................................... 3 EXHIBITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 7 PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS .......................................................................................... 9 PICTORIAL HISTORIES ......................................................................................................... 9 SELECTED IMAGES FROM BOOKS .................................................................................. 13

It is important to note that Special Collections has a large Graphics Collection with over 1,000 individually cataloged images. These images can be searched via the library catalog and will be

labeled as Visual Resources in the results list.

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ART BOOKS

Special Collection houses an extensive collection of art books. To find art books in addition to the selected ones listed below, here are some useful search terms to use in our library catalog:

Art, American African American Art

Art, Jewish Antiquities

Illustration of Books Painting History

National Gallery of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

Corcoran Gallery Bible Art

Art, Washington Tapestries

Islamic Art Art, Medieval

Arnett, Paul and William, eds. Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South. Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2000.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6538.N5 S64 2000 f

Art of the Hebrew Tradition: Jewish Ceremonial Objects for Synagogue and Home. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1955.

Call Number: Special Collections N 5020.N417 1955a

Atil, Esin. Art of the Arab World. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1975.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6260.A85

Bjelajac, David. American Art: A Cultural History. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005.

Call Number: Special Collections N 72.S6 B55 2005

Bossert, Helmuth. The Art of Ancient Crete, from the Earliest Times to the Iron Age. London: Zwemmer, 1937.

Call Number: Special Collections N 5660.B63 1937

Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds. Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York: Macmillan, 1952.

Call Number: Special Collections N 856.A553 f

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Canaday, John. Metropolitan Seminars in Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 1142.C355 f

Canaday, John. Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Great Periods in Painting. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 1142.C35 f

Canby, Jeanny. The Ancient Near East in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1974.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV DS 56.C28 1974

D’Avennes, Prisse. Arab Islamic Art. Beirut: Khayat Book and Pub. Co., 19--.

Call Number: Special Collections N 7383.P913 1877a

Dent, Franklin. Art Treasures at the National Capital. Boston: National Magazine, 1914.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6535.W3 D46 1914

Edwards, I.E. S. Treasures of Tutankhamun. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.

Call Number: Special Collections DT 87.5.T7 1976b

Fairman, Charles. Works of Art in the United States Capitol Building, Including Biographies of the Artist. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913.

Call Number: Special Collections N 853.F3 1913

Henderson, Helen. The Art Treasures of Washington: An Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1912.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6535.W3 H4

Howitt, Arthur. The Collection of Jewish Antiquities and Ritual Art: Comprising Silver, Pewter, Brass and Metal Work, Illuminated Manuscripts, Coins, Medals, and Rings, Pictures, Engravings and Embroideries, Dating from the Early Times to the Present Day. London: W. Clowes, 1932.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV N 7415.H695 1932

Jackson, Holbrook. The Eighteen Nineties: A Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. London: Grant Richards, 1913.

Call Number: Special Collections PR 461.J3

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Jewish Ceremonial Art. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1955.

Call Number: Special Collections N 5020.N417 1955

Kampf, Avram. Contemporary Synagogue Art: Developments in the United States, 1945-1965. New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1966.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV N 7415.K35 1966

Kling, Jean. Alice Pike Barney: Her Life and Art. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6537.B222 K58 1994

Kloss, William. Art in the White House: A Nation’s Pride. Washington: White House Historical Association, 1992.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6505.K56 1992

Landsberger, Franz. A History of Jewish Art. Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1973.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV N 7415.L32 1973

Lassaigne, Jacques. Painters of the Twentieth Century: Cubism and Fantastic Art. Geneva: Skira, 1953.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 196.C8 L37 1953 f

Lukomskii, G.K. Jewish Art in European Synagogues (from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century). London: Hutchinson, 1947.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV NA 4690.L8 1947

Macfall, Haldane. A History of Painting. Boston: Dana Estes and Co., 19--.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 50.M32

Mechlin, Leila. A Gallery of Popular Art: The Corcoran Collection in Washington. Philadelphia: Library Pub. Co., 1904.

Call Number: Special Collections N 850.M42 1904

Mechlin, Leila. Works of Art in Washington. Washington: The Washington Society of Fine Arts, 1914.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6535.W3 M4

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National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Washington: s.n., 1969.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 653.R4 U5

Pater, Walter. The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry. Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1976.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6915.P35 1976 f

Reber, Franz von. History of Ancient Art. New York: Harper 1887.

Call Number: Special Collections N 5330.R3

Rhee, Byung-Chang. Masterpieces of Korean Art. Tokyo: Tokyo Diagaku Shuppankai, 1978.

Call Number: Special Collections N 7360.R46 f

Rorimer, James. The Cloisters, the Building and the Collection of Mediaeval Art, in Fort Tryon Park. New York: George Grady Press, 1941.

Call Number: Special Collections N 611.C6 1941a

Roth, Cecil. Jewish Art: An Illustrated History. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV N 7415.R625 1961

Smith, Bradley. Mexico: A History in Art. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6550.S6 f

Temple, A.G. Sacred Art: The Bible Story Pictured by Eminent Modern Painters. London: Cassell, 1898.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV N7830.T28 1898

Von Winning, Hasso. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968.

Call Number: Special Collections F 1219.3.A7 V6 f

Zurier, Rebecca. Art for the Masses: A Radical Magazine and its Graphics, 1911-1917. Philadelphia: Temple University, 1988.

Call Number: Special Collections NC 108.Z87 1988

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EXHIBITIONS

American Institute of Architects. Checklist for the Exhibition: Creating the Federal City, Potomac Fever, the Octagon, July 11-September 28, 1988. Washington: American Institute of Architects, 1988.

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.C2 C43 1988

Apelbaum, Laura. Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln’s City. Washington: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, 2009.

Call Number: Special Collections 205.J5 J485 2009

Baltimore Museum of Art. The World Encompassed: An Exhibition of the History of Maps Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art October 7 to November 23, 1952. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1952.

Call Number: Special Collections GA 190.B2 B2

Bustard, Bruce I. Washington: Behind the Monuments. Washington: National Archives, 1990.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.B98 1990

City of Magnificent Distances, the Nation’s Capital: A Library of Congress Exhibit, Madison Gallery, October 17, 1991-March 15, 1992. Washington: Library of Congress, 1991.

Call Number: Special Collections F 191.5.C57 1991

District of Columbia Sesquicentennial of the Establishment of the Permanent Seat of the Government: An Exhibition in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1950 to April 24, 1951. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951.

Call Number: Special Collections F 191.5.L52 1950a

Friedlander, Lee. Lee Friedlander: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., December 11, 1976-February 20, 1977. Washington: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1977.

Call Number: Special Collections TR 647.F734 1977

Henderson, Amy and Adrienne Kaeppler. Exhibiting Dilemmas: Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.

Call Number: Special Collections AM 151.E96 1997

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Kaser, James and Charles Kelly. Washington, D.C., Then and Now: The Photographic Legacy of Charles Suddarth Kelly: An Exhibition in the Gelman Library of the George Washington University, on View…April 15 through October 18, 1996. Washington: George Washington University, 1996.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.K45 1996

Kaser, James and Martin Murray. City Invincible: Walt Whitman’s Washington, 1863-1873: On Exhibit April 17 through May 12, 1995. Washington: Special Collections Department, George Washington University, 1995.

Call Number: Special Collections PS 3234.C56 1995

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Master Works of Mexican Art, from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present. Los Angles: s.n., 1964.

Call Number: Special Collections N 6550.L68 1964

Mann, Sally. The Lewis Law Portfolio: September 24-November 13, 1977, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Washington: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1977.

Call Number: Special Collections TR 647.M36 1977

The March of America: An Exhibition Celebrating National Library Week, April 16-22, 1967: Including the Basic Library of 100 Titles, The March of America, Published in Facsimile by University Microfilms Library Services, Xerox Education Division. Washington: The Collection, 1967.

Call Number: Special Collections EPHEMERA 173

National Archives and Records Service. The Formation of the Union: A Documentary History Based upon an Exhibit in the National Archives Building. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1970.

Call Number: Special Collections JK 4.A523

Nineteenth-Century Washington, City-Wide Celebration: Held in Conjunction with the Exhibition The Capital Image, Painters in Washington, 1800-1915 at the Nation Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution…October 19, 1983-January 22, 1984. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983.

Call Number: Special Collections F 191.5.N56 1983

William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People’s Republic of China. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1974.

Call Number: Special Collections N 7342.C48 1974

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PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

Howard (Ron) Papers, 1958-1999.

Call Number: Special Collections MS0766

Kelly (Charles Suddarth) Photographic Collection on the History of Washington, D.C., 1856-1983.


Lodge (John) Papers, 1935-2008.


Moone (Nathaniel) Photographs, 1889-1910.


Smeallie and Smith Photographs, 1980-1990.


PICTORIAL HISTORIES

Ambrose, Kevin. Blizzards and Snowstorms of Washington, D.C.: A Photographic History of Washington’s Most Memorable Winter Storms. Merrifield: Historical Enterprises, 1993.

Call Number: Special Collections QC 926.44.D5 A52 1993

Apelbaum, Laura and Wendy Truman. Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community. Washington: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, 2007.

Call Number: Special Collections F 205.J5 J486 2007

Bennett, Tracey. Ben’s Chili Bowl: 50 Years of a Washington, D.C., Landmark. Charleston: Arcadia Pub., 2008.

Call Number: Special Collections TX945.5.B44 B46 2008

Bigler, Philip. Washington in Focus: A Photo History of the Nation’s Capital. Arlington: Vandamere Press, 1988.


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Busey, Samuel. Pictures of the City of Washington in the Past. Washington: W. Ballantyne & Sons, 1898.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.B97

Caemmerer, H.P. Historic Washington, Capital of the Nation. Washington: The Columbia Historical Society, 1948.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.C17

The Capitol: A Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.


Carrier, Thomas. Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour. Charleston: Arcadia, 1999.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.3.G3 C37 1999

Ceresi, Frank and Mark Rucker. Baseball in Washington, D.C. Charleston: Arcadia Pub., 2002.

Call Number: Special Collections GV 863.W18 C47 2002

Collins, Kathleen. Washingtonia Photographs: Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress, 1989.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.L66 1989 f

Field, Cynthia R., Richard E. Stamm and Heather P. Ewing. The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 4227.W2 F53 1993

George Washington University. From Strength to Strength: A Pictorial History of the George Washington University, 1821-1996. Washington: The University 1996.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1933.G46 1996 f

Headley, Robert. Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.: An Illustrated History of Parlors, Palaces, and Multiplexes in the Metropolitan Area, 1894-1997. Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 1999.

Call Number: Special Collections PN 1993.5.U79 H43 1999

Lee, Richard M. Mr. Lincoln’s City: An Illustrated Guide to the Civil War Sites of Washington. McLean: EPM Publications Inc., 1981.

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.3.L44

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Lesko, Kathleen M., Valerie Babb and Carroll R. Gibbs. Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its Black Community from the Founding of “The Town of George” in 1751 to the Present Day. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1991.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 L47 1991

Lockwood, Mary S. 2 volumes. Yesterdays in Washington. Rosslyn: Commonwealth Company, 1915.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.L8

Longstretch, Richard, ed. The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1991.

Call Number: Special Collections N 386 .U5 S78 v. 30

Lusaka, Jane. Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.

Call Number: Special Collections TR 820.5.W57 1996

Maddex, Diane. Historic Buildings of Washington, D.C. Pittsburgh: Ober Park Associates, Inc., 1973.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 M32

Marolda, Edward. The Washington Navy Yard: An Illustrated History. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 1999.

Call Number: Special Collections VA 70.W3 M37 1999

Maury, William. Washington D.C. Past & Present: The Guide to the Nation’s Capital. New York: CBS Publications, 1975.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.M3

Miller, Fredric and Howard Gillette. Washington Seen: A Photographic History, 1875-1965. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.M52 1995 f

Mitchell, Alexander. Washington, D.C. Then & Now. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2000.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.M58 2000

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Moore, Joseph. Picturesque Washington: Pen and Pencil Sketches of its Scenery, History, Traditions, Public and Social Life, with Graphic Descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House and the Government Departments, Together with Artistic Views at Mount Vernon, a Map of the City of Washington, and Diagrams of the Halls of Congress. Providence: J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1888.

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.W823 1888

Narkiss, Bezalel, ed. Picture History of Jewish Civilization. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1970.

Call Number: Special Collections DS 118.P53 1970

Passonneau, Joseph. Washington through Two Centuries: A History in Maps and Images. New York: Monacelli Press, 2004.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.P36 2004 f

Reps, John. Washington on View: The Nation’s Capital since 1790. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.R34 1991 f

Roberts, Chalmers. Washington, Past and Present: A Pictorial History of the Nation’s Capital. Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1950.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.R6

Wallace, Richard and Marie Pinak Carr. The Willard Hotel: An Illustrated History. Washington: Dicmar Publishing, 1986.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 C31 1986

The White House Collection of Official Portraits of the Presidents. Washington and New York: Guy Golterman, 1949.

Call Number: Special Collections E 176.1.W45 1949b f

Williams, Milton. Moments in Time, 1973-1993. Nashville: James C. Winston Pub. Co., 1996.

Call Number: Special Collections E 185.93.D6 W55 1996

Williams, Paul. Images of America: Dupont Circle. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.5.D8 W55 2000

Williams, Paul and Kelton Higgins. Cleveland Park. Charleston: Arcadia, 2003.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.C5 W54 2003

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Williams, Paul. Greater U Street. Charleston: Arcadia, 2002.

Call Number: Special Collections F 205.N4 W54 2002

SELECTED IMAGES FROM BOOKS

1934-1984: Celebrating Fifty Years of Service to the Nation’s Capital. Washington: Group Hospitalization, Inc., 1984.

• Construction of Jefferson Memorial

• Old Supreme Court Room in Capitol

• Fireworks over Washington Monument

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.N56 1984

Albertype Company. Washington: Photo-Gravures. New York: 1894.

• Agricultural Department

• Garfield Statue

• General Thomas Statue

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.A28 1894

American Security and Trust Company. Washington, D.C.: The Nation’s Capital. Washington: 1953.

• George Washington University Hospital, 1953

• Veterans Administration Building

• St. Matthew’s Cathedral

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.A498

Baker, Howard. Howard Baker’s Washington: An Intimate Portrait of the Nation’s Capital City. New York: Norton, 1982.

• Senate Majority Leader’s Suite

• The Pope’s Mass on the Mall


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Brannan, Beverly W. “Discovering Theodor Horydczak’s Washington.” In The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. Vol. 36, no. 1(Winter 1979), p. 38-67.

• Bonus Marchers Encamped

• Stephen Decatur House 1928


Brown, George Rothwell. Washington, A Not Too Serious History. Baltimore: The Norman Publishing Co., 1930.

• Mt. Vernon: From a lithograph by Deroy, after Kollner, 1848, p.38

• The Old Senate Chamber in 1850, p.48

• The House of Representatives in 1850, p.52

• The Capitol: showing the dome under construction, p.142

• The Van Ness Mansion and Burnes Cottage about 1880 - showing the old canal, p.220

• Peggy O’Neale: the belle of the Jackson era in her old age, p.268

• The President’s House, about 1830, p.276

• The White House, showing the statue of Jefferson, p.288


Browning, Mary Eleanor. Our Nation’s Capital, a Portrait in Pictures. New York: Hastings House, 1944.

• Headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution

• Titanic Memorial

• Pan-American Union Building

• Old Canal Street, Georgetown


Cable, Mary. The Avenue of Presidents. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.

• Images of Pennsylvania Avenue

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.7.P4 C3

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Caemmerer, H.P. Washington, the National Capital. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932.

• George Washington: from the Houdon bust modeled from life at Mt. Vernon in 1785, p.vii

• Development of National Capital - pictures of Early Washington

• Map- sketch of Washington in embryo, p.20

• Boundary stones, p.22-24

• Early Washington, showing the Jefferson Poplars, p.42

• The Capital, showing the uncompleted dome, 1860, p.56

• The mall inundated (flooded), p.62

• The mall in 1890, showing railroad tracks crossing it, p.76

• Site of the Lincoln Memorial, 1901, p.96

• Great Falls of the Potomac, p.124

• Section on Public Buildings

• Sketch for the treatment of the area surrounding the Capitol, p.174

• Section on Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Memorial Bridge

• Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, p.197

• Area near Lincoln Memorial, showing beginning of construction of Arlington Memorial Bridge, p.206

• Section on Parks of Washington, D.C.

• Section on Public Buildings and Institutions -

• Archictecture of Early Days

• 1. Plan, in black, showing first part occupied by Congress, 1800, p.255

• Historical houses, pp.256-58, 260-62, 268-71

• Uncompleted Washington Monument, as it appeared from 1852 to 1878, p.288

• Site and material for Department of Treasury Building, 1839, p.378

• Section on Arlington National Cemetery, pp.581-608

• Section on Statues and Monuments, pp.611-715

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.C18

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Capitol Hill beyond the Monuments. Stephanie Deutsch, ed. Washington: Capitol Hill Art League, 1995.

• Town Houses

• Congressional Cemetery

• Christmas Time at Union Station


Carr, Roland T. Washington Portrait. Washington: Riggs National Bank, 1953.

• Federal Reserve Building

• Main Office of Riggs National Bank

• Francis Scott Key Bridge

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.4.A1 C37 1953 f

City of Washington and Its Neighborhood. s.l.: s.n., 185-?.

• Pennsylvania Ave from Capitol

• Smithsonian Castle

• City Hall

• Post Office

Call Number: Special Collections F 198.C57 1850z

Ewing, Charles. Yesterday’s Washington, D.C. Miami: E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc., 1976.

• Georgetown’s waterfront in mid-19th century, p.37

• Sketch of Confederate camps and artillery batteries in Charles County, MD, p.44

• Bicyclists on high wheelers ride in procession along Kendall Green, faculty row of Galludet College, p. 64

• Pickets at White House, protesting voting rights to American women, p.83

• Marian Anderson, then the world’s foremost contralto, p. 119

• Washington’s first black out, p. 122

• Women road workers during WWII, p. 133

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.E94

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Federal Writers’ Project. Our Washington: A Comprehensive Album of the Nation’s Capital in Words and Pictures. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1939.

• Tudor Place

• Original Plan for Washington Monument

• Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.F37

Fifty Glimpses of Washington and Its Neighborhood. New York: Rand McNally, 1898.

• K St. and Vermont Ave.

• I St. East from 17th

• Masonic Temple

St.

• Statue of Admiral Dupont

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.F46 1898

Foley, Connie. River, Port & Capital: The Architectural and Natural Landmarks of Washington. Washington: 1965.

• Spring Grotto, Grounds of Capitol

• Gallaudet College

• Lincoln’s Inaugural Parade, 1861

• Octagon House


Forbes-Lindsay, C.H. Washington, the City and the Seat of Government. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1908.

• Old Pierce Mill, p. 16

• Great Falls of the Potomac, p. 80

• Davie Burne’s Cottage, p. 48


Friedlander, Lee. Lee Friedlander: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., December 11 1976 – February 20, 1977. Washington: The Gallery, 1977.

• Washington Monument from Various Angles

Call Number: Special Collections TR 647.F734 1977

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Garrison, W.B. The Nation’s Capital. Washington: W.B. Garrison, 1920.

• U.S. Capitol

• Bureau Printing & Engraving

• White House

• Corcoran Art Gallery

• Library of Congress

• American Red Cross Memorial

• Washington Monument

• Memorial Continental Hall

• Post Office

• State, War & Navy Building

• National Museum

• Smithsonian Institution

• U.S. Senate Office Building

• Dept. of Agriculture

• Custiss-Lee Mansion

• Mt. Vernon Mansion

• U.S. Soldier’s Home

• Pennsylvania Avenue

• U.S. Treasury

• Lincoln Memorial

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.G37 1920z

Goode, James M. Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington’s Destroyed Buildings. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979.

• Pictures and descriptions of over 200 buildings

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 666

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Gurney, Gene. Beautiful Washington, D.C.: A Picture Story of the Nation’s Capital. New York: Crown Publisher’s Inc., 1969.

• The Federal City

• On Capitol Hill - includes Library of Congress

• The President’s House

• Memorials to our Presidents

• Government Buildings

• Washington’s Museums

• Parks, Circles, and Squares

• Washington Churches and Colleges

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.G87

Hernandez, Anthony. Anthony Hernandez: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 19 – September 12, 1976. Washington: The Gallery, 1976.

• People on the Streets of DC

Call Number: Special Collections TR 647.H47 1976

Highsmith, Carol M. and Ted Landphair. Embassies of Washington. Washington: The Preservation Press, 1992.

• Pictorial work of interiors and exteriors of the embassies

Call Number: Special Collections NA 4443.W3 H54 1992

Highsmith, Carol M. and Ted Landphair. Pennsylvania Avenue: America’s Main Street. Washington: The American Institute of Architects Press, 1988.

• White House Easter-egg roll in 1898, p.21

• Reinstating crane on the Temperance Fountain of Indiana Plaza in 1987, p.39

• The foul City Canal sludges toward the Potomac, p. 63

• The flood of 1889, p. 81

• Police use some of the Avenue’s earliest telephones while suffragists march in background, p.83

• KKK march of 1926, p. 95

• The interior of the Willard Hotel 10 years after its doors were sealed, pp.163-169

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.7.P4 H54 1988f

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Highsmith, Carol M. and Ted Landphair. Union Station: A Decorative History of Washington’s Grand Terminal. Washington: Chelsea Publishing Inc., 1988.

• 1953 Train Wreck

• Restoration Efforts

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.U5 H54 1988

Jarvis’ Washington: The National Capital. Philadelphia: J. Murray Jordan, 1897.

• Inauguration Ball Room, Pension Building

• Ford’s Theatre

• Connecticut and N St.

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.J37 1897

Junior League of Washington. An Illustrated History: The City of Washington. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.

• The Patawomeck: Site for a City (before 1790)

• The Nation’s Capital (1790-1814)

• War & Reconstruction (1860-1875)

• A Tour of the Capital (1880-1900)

• Turn-of-the-Century City (1890-1917)

Call Number: Special Collections F 194. J8 1977

Kelly, Charles Suddarth. Washington, D.C., Then and Now: 69 Sites Photographed in the Past and Present. New York: Dover Publications, 1984.

• National Theatre, 1918 and 1981

• Florida Ave., Looking North along 16th

• Old Aqueduct Bridge

St. NW 1888

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.K44 1984

Kimmel, Stanley Preston. Mr. Lincoln’s Washington. New York: Coward-McCann, 1957.

• Ford’s Theatre

• Defenses of Washington

• Lincoln’s First and Second Inauguration

Call Number: Special Collections E 501.K5

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Latest Views of Washington. Portland: L.H. Nelson Co, 1909.

• Interior Views of White House

• Reading Room Rotunda, Library of Congress

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.L37 1909

Llewellyn, Robert. Washington: The District and Beyond. Charlottesville: Howell Press Inc., 1989.

• Aerial photography in color


Lowry, Bates. ed. The Architecture of Washington, D.C. 2 vol. Washington: The Dunlop Society, 1976.

• White House

• Octagon House

• Treasury Building

• General Post Office

• Washington Monument

• State, War, and Navy Building (Old Executive Office Building)

• Pension Building

• Union Station

• Lincoln Memorial

• Supreme Court Building

• U.S. Capitol, Pre-1850

• U.S. Capitol, Post-1850

• Patent Office Building

• Smithsonian Institution Building

• Library of Congress

• Pan American Union Building

• Federal Triangle

• Jefferson Memorial

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 A72

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Manley, Nick. Washington. New York: Peebles Press, 1977.

• Union Station Visitor Center

• Statue of Jefferson, Jefferson Memorial

• Iwo Jima Memorial


Maroon, Fred J. Maroon on Georgetown. New York: Lickle Pub., 1997.

• M Street

• Georgetown Townhouses

• Waterfront

• Grounds of Dunbarton Oaks

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M35 1997

Metzerott, W.G. Our National Buildings: Views of Washington. Washington: W.G. Metzerott, 184-.

• US Navy Yard

• Patent Office


Miller, Frederic M. and Howard Gillette, Jr. Washington Seen: A Photographic History, 1875-1965. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1995.

• Patent Office Building and unpaved F Street (1873), p.10

• Businesses and patrons, pp. 12-13, 18-19, 94

• Police officers, 2nd

• Family life/home interiors, pp.40-43

precinct (1878), p. 34

• Old Washington Senators baseball team (1880's), p.44

• School room/girls playing basketball (c.1900), p.47

• U.S. Senate kitchen, p.54

• Treasury Dept. workers, pp.56-59

• Laborers, pp.62-63

• Office workers, pp.68-69

• Street repairs to Penn. Avenue (1907), p.85

• Busy street scene, 15th

• Theaters, pp.89-92

and Penn. Ave. (1920's), p.87

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• Social life, pp.119-131

• Alley dwellings, pp.146-149

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.M52 1995 f

Mitchell, Alexander D. Washington, D.C. Then and Now. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2000.

• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, circa 1880

• Central Market

• Mt. Vernon Place, 1910 and 2000


Mitchell, Mary. Washington: Portrait of the Capital. Barre: Barre Publishers, 1972.

• White House, Lafayette Square and down 17th

• Lincoln Memorial/skaters on the reflection pool, p.32

to Pan-American Union, pp.14-15, 18-19, 26

• Along Massachusetts and out into the old county

• Embassies, pp.52-53, 59, 62

• Dupont Circle to 16th

• Meridian Hill Park, p.75

St. and east to the National Arboretum

• William Battle’s Afro-American mural, p.83

• Residential Hill to Anacostia and back to SW Washington

• Eastern Market, pp.106-107

• Fish market, pp.122-23

• Tidal Basin to Washington Monument

• Inside of the Washington Monument - commemorative stones, pp.140-41


Mitchell, Mary. Glimpses of Georgetown, Past and Present. Washington: The Road Street Press, 1983.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M495 1983

Mitchell, Mary. Washington: Houses of the Capital

• White House, Octagon House, and Tudor Place, among others

. New York: The Viking Press, 1982.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 M66 1982

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Morrison’s Views of the Statues and Public Buildings of Washington. Washington: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 18--.

• National Observatory

• Congressional Burial Ground


National Capital Planning Commission and the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency. Downtown Urban Renewal Area: Landmarks, Washington, D.C. Summer 1970.

• Historic buildings

• Section on statues, pp.89-104

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.A28 1970

National Geographic Society. The Capital of Our Country. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1923.

• The Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, White House, pp.2,4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15-17

• Before and after spring pictures of New Hampshire Ave., p. 18-19

• The unfinished Cathedral of Saint’s Peter and Paul at Night, p. 24

• A seaplane alights on the Memorial Reflecting Basin, p. 41

• Vice-President Coolidge and the senate pages on the steps of the Capitol, p. 59

• Deer in National Zoological Park on a winter morning, p. 102

• Coasting down Capitol Hill, p. 107

• The Secretary of Agriculture goes to the market with his wife, p.131

• Playing polo in Potomac Park, p. 138

• Canoeing in the Tidal Basin, p. 140

• Aquaplaning, a new sport in Washington, p. 141

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.N27

Nicolay, Helen. Our Capital on the Potomac. New York: The Century Co., 1924.

• One of the jurisdiction stones, p. 16

• Jefferson’s sketch map, p. 32

• The Octagon House, p.80

• The Capitol after the fire, p. 96

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.N64

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Olmem, Martin A. The Storm, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 28, 1922. Washington: Olmem, 1922.

• Snow Drifts at Capitol

• Traffic on F Street

• Destruction of Knickerbocker Theater

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.O5

Olszewski, George J. The President’s Park South. Washington: Office of History and Historic Agriculture, April 1970.

• Section of 22 pictures, Appendix A

• Reconstructing Bulfinch gate house, 1939

• Contemporary Christmas pageant on the Ellipse

• Section of plans and maps of Ellipse and President’s Park,

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.5.P904

Appendix B

Our Nation’s Capital, Washington, D.C. Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., 1942.

• National Zoological Park

• Washington National Airport

• Union Station Waiting Room

• Union Station Concourse

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.O97 1942

Rand McNally and Company. Eighty Views of Washington and Its Neighborhood. Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1899.

• Views from the top of the Washington Monument


Rand McNally & Co.’s Pictorial Guide to the City of Washington. New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1910.

• U.S. Capitol, pp.15, 17, 26, 29, 33, 38, 39

• Library of Congress, including floor plan , pp.40-45, 47-50, 53, 55-57, 73, 76-78

• White House, interior and exterior, pp.90-93, 95-96

• Fold-out map, pp.208-209

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.3.R35 1910

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Records of the Columbia Historical Society and Washington History Magazine. Washington: The Society, 1895-.

Call Number: Special Collections F 191.C72 Volume 2

• The Grave of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, p.118

• Peter Force, p. 219

• Robert Brent, first mayor of the city of Washington, D.C., p. 236

• Brentwood, p. 246

• The “Corner House”, Robert Brent’s home, p. 247

• Cabin John Bridge, pictures at different stages of construction, p. 293, 294, 297, 301, 303, 305

Volume 4

• Plans of the Capitol (1800), p. 128, 130, 132, 134

• Fort Stevens, p. 138

• George Washington at age of 64, p. 190

Volume 5

• “Seven Buildings,” NW corner of 19th

• St. Cloud Building in the process of destruction, p. 240

St. and Pennsylvania Ave., p.231

• NW corner of 10th

Volume 6

and F Streets, p. 248

• Plan of Annapolis, Maryland, p. 6

• Ebbit House, SE corner of 14th

• The Occidental, p. 102

and F Streets, p. 100

• Postmasters of Washington, D.C., p. 158, 170, 186, 188

• Buildings used as City Post Office, p. 160, 176, 180

Volume 7

• Fort Washington, p. 2

• Warburton Mansion and the old by-ways in 1798, p.12

• James Madison at the age of 82, p.18

• The Kenmore, formerly the Hillman House, p. 66

• Carroll Row, p. 86

• Franklin House, p. 106

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Volume 8

• Tobias Lear, General Washington’s private secretary, p. 114

Volume 9

• The Southerner, the first steamboat to carry U.S. mail across the Atlantic Ocean, p. 126

• Page from Franklin’s ledger of postal accounts, p. 132

• International Postal Commission, Paris, 1863, p. 164

Volume 10

• Facsimile, of The Huntress newspaper, p.1

• Men in the nursery business and their home p. 38,40, 48, 50, 52, 56

• Boundary Stones, pp. 63-87

Volume 11

• Sketch of land of the Southern Railway, p. 4

• Foxhall Cannon Foundry, p. 26, 28, 30

• First Foundry Church, p. 42, 44

Volume 12

• Early maps of Washington, D.C., p. 56, 58, 60

• Francis Scott Key at age of 17, p. 72

• The star-spangled banner which inspired the song, p. 86

Volume 13

• Kalorama, p. 98, 102

• Residents of Kalorama, p. 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118

• Hon. Montgomery Blair, postmaster general 1861-1864, p. 126

Volume 14

• Commodore Joshua Barney, the hero of the Battle of Bladensburg, p. 67

• Plan of the battleground at Bladensburg, p. 166

• Copies of parts of the National Intelligencer newspaper,(12 pictures) p. 176

Volume 15

• The great seal of the Potomac Company, p. 124

• First annual report of the Potomack Company, p. 166

• Little Falls - entrance to canal at extreme right, p. 214

• Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, showing original arsenal buildings, p. 226

• The first lock at Great Falls, p. 236

• View of Potomac River from 5th lock at Great Falls, p. 256

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• Great Falls in 1802, p. 296

Volume 16

• Washington City Free Library, p. 64

• Dr. Wm B. Magruder, p. 150

Volume 18

• An early map of Georgetown with its additions, p. 92

• The old Glass Works, p. 210

Volume 19

• Thomas Carbery, sixth mayor of Washington, p. 62

• Residence of Thomas Carbery, p. 84

• John W. Maury, mayor of Washington from 1835-1853, p.160

Volume 20

• Birthplace of Matthew G. Emery, last mayor of Washington, p. 20

• Extract from letter of Mayor Emery, p. 34

• Residence of Matthew B. Emery, 207 I St., NW, Washington, p. 42

• Map of Washington during the Civil War, p. 52

• Benjamin Stoddert, first secretary of the U.S. Navy, p. 142

• Henry A. Willard, founder of the Willard Hotel, p. 242

Volume 21

• An old Washington Mansion, No. 2017 I St., NW, p. 114

• Approximately marked grave of Revolutionary soldier, James McCubbin Lingan, Arlington, p. 134

• Ruins of Montgomery Blair’s house at Silver Spring, burnt by the Confederates under General Early, p. 156

• Mrs. Jefferson Davis, p. 172

• Francis Preston Blair and his wife, Violet Gist, as they looked at the end of the Civil War in the U.S., p. 180

• Clara Barton, at the time she organized the American Red Cross, p. 278

• One of Clara Barton’s passes allowing her to nurse the sick on the front line, p. 290

Volume 22

• David K. Carter, Chief Justice Supreme Court Dist. Col., March 11, 1863-April 16, 1887, p. 22

• The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia as constituted March 11, 1863, p. 32

• Roger Chew Weightman, a mayor of Washington, p. 62

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• John Peter Van Ness, a mayor of Washington, p. 126

• The Burnes Cottage, p. 160

• The Burnes Graves, p. 184

• Van Ness Mausoleum, p. 192

• Pan American Building, p. 204

Volume 23

• Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, Washington’s pioneer novelist, p. 52

• Prospect Cottage, p. 78

• Joseph Gales Jr., editor and mayor of Washington, p. 86

• Eckington, residence of Joseph Gales Jr., p. 134

Volume 24

• Scene of Washington riot, p. 50

• Convention Hall and Market, p. 66

• Alexander R. Sheperd, governor of the District of Columbia, p. 192

Volume 25

• 3126 O St., home of first Lancasterian school in D.C., p. 6

• The Tudor Place in 1900, p. 68

• Dedication ceremony of the statue of Alexander Hamilton, p. 216

Volume 26

• Center Market in 1865, p. 12

• Center Market prior to 1870, p. 36

• Center Market in 1870, p. 42

• Center Market, 9th

• A successful colored woman at the Center Market, p. 66

St. end, 1875, p. 50

• Waiting anxiously for a customer, canal side, old Center Market, p. 84

• The Octagon House, taken after a big snow storm, p. 94

• Diagram of Octagon House, p. 100

Volume 27

• Carroll Row, p. 4

• Scene at Capitol, March 4, 1861, p. 13

• Gettysburg Address, as written out by Lincoln, p. 50

• Fort Stevens, p. 59

• Blair Mansion, headquarters of General Early, p. 65

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• Ford’s Theatre in 1865, p. 95

• Program from Ford’s Theatre the night Lincoln was killed, p. 97

• Lincoln Monument, p. 167, 169, 171

• Arrival of the 71st

• Conditions at the west end of the Capitol prior to 1870, p. 234

Regiment at the B & O Station, Washington, D.C. in 1861, p. 230

• The Downing Monument in the Smithsonian Grounds, p. 258

Volume 28

• Baptist Hymn Book, p. 179

• Invitation to the May Ball 1829, p. 238

• Female Charity School, p. 260

Volumes 29-30

• Col. William Winston Seaton, p. 1

• National Intelligencer Building, p. 35

• Stephen Decatur, reproduced from an old engraving, p. 133

• Decatur House, p. 149

• The dueling ground near Bladensburg, photo taken about 1900, p. 205

Volumes 31-32

• Lenthall Houses, p. 1

• Section on Old Mills, pp. 81-117

Volumes 33-34

• Map showing original topography of the new federal city, p. 6

• The Potomac Gorge below Great Falls, p. 18

• Remains of Lock of old George Washington Canal, p. 20

• Homes of Washington, pp. 88-131

• Section on people and places in old Georgetown, pp. 133-162

• Section on the Arlington House, interior and exterior, pp. 239-266

Volumes 35-36

• Jefferson’s sketch of plan for the federal city, p. 38

• Survey of lands of Daniel Carroll of Duddington, p.92

• Analostan Island from tower of Georgetown University, p. 133

• Washington’s survey of his four mile run land, p. 178

• Section on Washington newspaper correspondents, pp. 248-280

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Volumes 37-38

• Sixth St., railway tracks and station, prior to 1905, site of the new National Gallery of Art, p. 10

• Shepherd Centennial Building, the pension office 1878-85, later the Raleigh Hotel, p. 75

• Sketch of the action fought near Bladensburg, Aug. 24, 1814, p. 145

• Plan of the Capitol grounds, p. 157

Volume 39

• Section of Washington’s Historic Bridges, pp. 49-70

• Major John Adlum of Rock Creek, p. 127

• Graves of Major and Mrs. John Adlum, p. 137

Volumes 40-41

• Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument and his wife, p. 1

• Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, p. 33

• A scene on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Cabin John, p. 185

• Lock walls of the old Potomac Canal, p. 189

• The Star Building at three different point in time, pp.207, 213, 217

Volumes 42-43

• Cornerstone of James Barry’s chapel, p. 15

• Suter’s Tavern, 1791, p. 83

Volumes 44-45

• Margaret Eaton (Peggy O’Neal), p. 34

• The Capitol as completed by Bulfinch, 1827, p. 161

• The Capitol in Jefferson’s administration, 1801-1809, p. 181

• The L’Enfant manuscript in the National Archives, p. 193

• Houses of early British Diplomats, pp. 240,247, 252, 256, 258

Volumes 46-47

• Facsimile of the manuscript of “The Star Spangled Banner”, p. 18

• Key Residence, circa 1814, p. 27

• The old Meigs Home, p. 81

• J. Harry Shannon, “The Rambler” of The Sunday Star, p. 131

• The Northwest Rectangle, 1894 and fifty years later, p. 226

• Aeronautics in D.C., pp. 301-360

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Volumes 48-49

• Architects of the Capitol, pp. 1-2

• Old Central High School and Calvin Coolidge High School, p. 35

• Section of Cars and Street Cars, pp. 143-169

• The first switchboard, 1883, p. 171

• Early view of the House of Representatives Chamber, p. 209

• Tripoli Column, first monument on public grounds in Washington, p. 220

• Corcoran Gallery of Art, pp. 228-230

Volume 50

• The old Haymarket Square, p. 49

• A present-day map of Washington with black outlines showing the Burnes acreage, p. 103

• The David Burnes Cottage, p. 107

• Wakefield, birthplace of George Washington, p. 167

• Medallion of L’Enfant, p. 325

Volumes 51-52

• The Original design for South front of City Hall by George Hadfield, p. 63

• Marine barracks, parade ground, and Commandant’s quarters, 8th

• The Times and Patowmack Packet, Vol. I, No. 11, Earliest surviving issue, p. 106

and Eye Streets, during the Civil War, p. 80

• The Potomack Alamanac, 1793, p. 116

• Maps of Wards of Washington, 1801-1871, (6), pp. 68-75

Volumes 53-56

• Washington City Canal, 1860, p. 15

• Old Stone Lock House, p. 23

• Mass celebrated in the field at Bull Run, p. 51

• First photographic establishment of the United States government, p. 66

• Rock Creek’s Bridges, pp. 118, 131

• Bullfinch’s drawing of Penitentiary, showing the arrangement of cells, p. 137

• Georgetown Ferry during the Civil War, p. 187

• Bridges Across the Potomac, pp. 250-257

Volumes 57-59

• Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge with Orville Wright in the Wright Brothers’ ‘Military Flyer’ before and after the crash that killed Selfridge on Sept. 17, 1908, p. 6

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• Aviator Claude Graham White, Oct. 14, 1910, above West Executive Avenue, p. 8

• Arlington Memorial Bridge, in course of construction, Oct. 1928, p. 10

• District of Columbia Flag, design sketches by Charles A.R. Dunn, p. 84

• Scenes from the Inauguration of President James Buchanan from Harper’s Magazine, pp. 98-118

• Blodgett’s Hotel, Washington, D.C., water color by J. Blanton, 1818, p. 122

Volumes 60-62

• Plans of the City of Washington, pp. 15-21

• The Washington Monument under construction, Nov. 16, 1851, p. 61

• Maps of Georgetown in 1857 and 1862, pp. 93, 89

• Camp Fry, 1865, p. 129

• Section on Christian Heurich and His Mansion, pp. 189-197

• National Presbyterian Church, p. 213

• Section on history of Providence Hospital, pp. 233-247

• Section on the Cosmos Club, pp. 255-259

• Cartoons drawn by Dick Mansfield, pp. 291-296

• Bolling Field, p. 301

Volumes 63-65

• Smithsonian Pleasure Grounds, 1863 & 1875, pp. 99,103

• Plan of second floor lecture room in the Smithsonian Building, p. 107

• Catalogues of the Annual Exhibitions of Art of the Washington Art Association (1857-1860), pp. 139-179

• Decorated Enveloped during the Civil War, pp. 231-237

• A group of “contrabands” who fled from slavery, p. 245

• Shacks in Washington occupied by former slaves, p. 249

• Victorian Homes in Washington, pp. 321-353

• The White House Stables and Garages, pp. 367-377

• Old N St. in Georgetown, pp. 387-393

Volumes 66-68

• Nicholas King and his wharfing plans, pp. 37-41

• Inaugural Ball, 1857, p. 113

• White House Furniture, p. 143

• Public Transportation in Washington before 1902, pp. 219-225

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• The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, pp. 235-247

• Willard Hotel, from the 1870's to the 1920's, pp. 283-287

Volumes 69-70

• Benjamin Banneker and his survey instruments, pp. 9-27

• Nicholas King, first surveyor of the City of Washington, and his work, pp. 37-53

• Map showing blocks in which Negroes owned property in D.C. in 1825, 1845, 1860, p. 69

• Residences of Negroes in the 1860's, p. 71

• The Van Ness family and their mansion, pp. 87-95

• Christ Church, Washington Parish, pp. 128-174

• The Capitol - designs, construction, furniture, pp. 180-261

• Work of Montgomery Meigs, watercolors and pencil sketches, pp. 273-279

• The Folger Shakespeare Library pp. 349-369

• Exhibits in the Freer Gallery of Art, pp. 382-396

• The Art of Henry O. Tanner, pp. 444-458

• Pictures of poets of Washington, pp. 469-479

Volumes 71-72

• Theodore Roosevelt Island, including the John Mason House and artifacts found on the island, pp. 15-32

• The Foxhall-Columbia Foundry, including its equipment and products, pp. 37-55

• Portraits painted by Gilbert Stuart, pp. 82-116

• Kalorama: County Estate to Washington Mayfair, pp. 165-186

• The National Theatre, performances and programs, pp. 199-235

• The Rise and Fall of Washington’s Inhabited Alleys, 1852-1972, pp. 269-287

• Gallaudet College: A High Victorian Campus, pp. 440-464

• The Old Post Office Building, past, present and future, pp. 573-591

• The East and West Wings of the White House, pp. 601-616

• The Great Suffrage Parade in 1813, pp. 665-676

• A Portfolio of Washington Drawings, pp. 713-738

• Jim Berryman’s Cartoons of Senator Dirksen, pp. 761-775

Volume 73-74

• Unbuilt Bridges of Washington, D.C., pp. 138-149

• Design Proposals for the Washington National Monument, pp. 154-184

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• Alley Life in Washington, pp.246-257

• The Homes of Capitol Hill (1870-1900), pp. 278-298

• The National Zoological Park, pp. 407-428

• The Washington Temple, pp.628-638

The 1980 Volume

• Nineteenth Century History Painting, pp. 192-221

• Capital Images: the Photography of Titian Ramsay Peale (1855-1885), pp. 231-243

• College Hall at Gallaudet College, pp. 280-288

• The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts: From Dream to Reality, pp. 535-654

The 1984 Volume

• A 1908 view from the Washington Monument, p. 66

• Map of Ivy City, site of the 1887 National Fair, p. 73

• Linthicum Hall, p. 88

• Interior of Mt. Zion Church, p. 108

• Late nineteenth century curriculum, p. 126

• Demonet’s: Architecture and Ice Cream on Connecticut Avenue, pp. 147-156

The 1989 Volume

• Margaret Woodrow Wilson at age 29, p. 14

• William and John Frazee’s Gerry Monument in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, p. 93, 94

• Roosevelt and Washington Architecture, building and proposed changes during this time, pp. 105-161

• The American University, pp.164-182

Washington History Magazine

Volume 1, Number 1

• Native Americans visiting the White House, p. 11

• Advertisement advocating boycotting Hecht’s because of discrimination, p. 24

• The Scurlock Studio, photographing Washington’s black community since 1904, pp. 40-57

• The Army War College under construction in 1906, p. 74

Volume 1, Number 2

• Flying High: Origin and Design of Washington National Airport, pp. 5-26

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• Old Southwest Remembered, photographs of Joseph Owen Curtis, pp. 42-57

Volume 2, Number 1

• Washington’s Baltimore & Potomac Station, 1872-1907, pp. 4-27

• Henry Arthur Taft, glimpses of everyday life, pp.50-67

• The Barney Studio House, pp. 78-81

Volume 2, Number 2

• Rock Creek Park, pp. 4-29

• Photographs of Uriah Hunt Painter, pp. 30-47

• The Carnegie Library, pp. 74-89

Volume 3, Number 1

• Landscape of the Federal City, a 1792 walking tour, pp. 10-32

• The Survey of the Federal Territory, pp. 76-95

• Stephen Hallet’s fifth design for the Capitol, p.109

Volume 3, Number 2

• Reflections on LeDroit Park, paintings by Hilda Wilkinson Brown, pp. 46-61

Volume 4, Number 1

• Black Washington in World War II-Era, Federal Photography, pp. 4-25

• A Photographic Album of the Congressional Cemetery, pp. 26-45

• The National Park Seminary, pp. 46-67

Volume 4, Number 2

• Washington’s Philanthropic Housing Movement, pp. 20-38

• The Latino Festival, “Tirarlo a la Calle”, pp. 40-55

Volume 5, Number 1

• Christian Heurich and his Mansion, pp. 4-27

Volume 5, Number 2

• Police intervening between two teenagers as they fight during an attempt to desegregate the Anacostia Pool, p. 16

• Unbuilt Washington, plans and pictures of buildings that were never built, pp. 28-41

• Extracting the marble for the Lincoln Monument from the quarry, p. 53

• Evidence of Slave Housing in Washington, pictures and maps, pp. 64-74

Volume 6, Number 1

• Chemical Testing in the Great War, pp. 28-45

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• Three thousand jobless men and women march past the White House in 1931, p. 52

• Protesting Segregation, pp. 66-88

Volume 6, Number 2

• “Army of the Unemployed”, p. 12

• Homosexual Protests, pp. 44-63

Volume 7, Number 1

• The Whitelaw Hotel, built by African-American John Whitelaw to provide the city’s only first-class accomodations for African American visitors and residents, pp. 4-23

• Martha Wadsworth’s Mansion, pp. 24-45

• The Life and Death of Center Market, pp. 46-67

Volume 7, Number 2

• Student Lawrence Henry confronts a hostile security guard during a successful attempt to force the integration of whites-only Glen Echo Amusement Park, p. 23

• Wartime Washington, photographs by Henry Gichner, pp. 36-53

Volume 8, Number 1

• Washington, D.C. in the snow, pp. 4-15

• As compromise negotiations over the Home Rule Charter were taking place in April 1973, angry citizens staged this “Boston Tea Party”, p. 67

Volume 8, Number 2

• A Georgetown childhood in mid-century, pp. 22-37

Volume 9, Number 1

• The Movie Theaters of Washington, D.C., pp. 4-23

• Beneath the MCI Center, insights into Washington’s historic water supply, pp. 24-41

• Wymer’s photo survey of Washington in mid-century, 1948-1952, pp. 42-51

Volume 9, Number 2

• Remembering U Street, pp. 28-53

Volume 10, Number 1

• Washington’s Arena Stage, pp. 5-23

• The work of Rose Ishbel Greely, landscape architect, pp.46-69

Volume 10, Number 2

• Washington’s Union Station since World War II, pp. 24-43

• Esther Bubley’s World War II boarding house photos, pp. 44-62

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Reed, Robert. Old Washington, D.C. in Early Photographs 1846-1932. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980.

• General Views

• The Capitol

• Capitol Hill and the Navy Yard

• Old Southwest

• Pennsylvania Ave. from the Capitol to Market Square

• Market Square

• Pennsylvania Ave. from Market Square to the Treasury

• C through K streets and beyond

• The White House and Lafayette Square

• Dupont Circle, Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues

• Georgetown

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.R3 1980

Reps, John W. Washington on View: The Nation’s Capital Since 1790. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

• Untitled and undated map drawn by Thomas Jefferson, p. 17

• View of President’s house after conflagration of Aug. 24, 1814, p. 41

• Abundance of maps and plans

• Washington Monument under construction, Jan. 8, 1835, p. 103

• Capitol under construction, p. 135

• Aerial views of Washington, D.C.

• Setting of the capstone of the Washington Monument, p. 201

• Washington buildings, p. 264-265

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.R34 1991

Seale, William. The President’s House: A History. 2 vol. Washington: National Geographic Society and the White House Historical Association, 1986.

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.W5 S43 1986

Seale, William. The White House: The History of an American Idea. Washington: American Institute of Architects Press, 1992.

Call Number: Special Collections F 204 .W5 S44 1992 f

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Slauson, Allan B. A History of the City of Washington: Its Men and Institutions. Washington: Washington Post Co., 1903.

• The Capitol - including paintings within, pp.6-12, 32, 33 • Views from the Washington Monument, pp.14-19 • Washington buildings, pp.24-27, 30, 31, 35, 39, 41-43, 46, 47,

49, 65, 101, 241, 400 • Statues, pp. 36, 44, 53, 54, 56-61, 81-83, 95, 108, 109, 351 • Hotels, pp.292, 294, 297 • Schools, pp.134-142

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.W31 f

Smith, Kathryn Schneider. Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation’s Capital. Washington: Windsor Publications Inc., 1988.

Chapters:

• Georgetown

• LeDroit Park

• Capitol Hill

• Deanwood

• 7th

• Takoma Park

Street Downtown

• Foggy Bottom

• Brookland

• SW Washington

• Kalorama

• Tenleytown

• Chevy Chase

• Brightwood

• Cleveland Park

• Old Anacostia

• Benning Heights

• Dupont Circle

• Adams Morgan

• Shaw

• Shepherd Park

• Mount Pleasant


Smith, Robert A. and Eric Sevareid. Washington: Magnificent Capital. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965.

• White House - interior and exterior • Congress • Supreme Court • Embassies

Call Number: Special Collections F 200.S63

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Smithsonian Institution. The American Experience: A Resource Portfolio of American Images. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1975-1976.

• Pictorial works of social life and customs.

Call Number: Special Collections E 178.5.A512 f

Spandorf, Lily. Lily Spandorf’s Washington Never More. Washington: Grew Pub. Co., 1988.

• Scott Circle

• Thomas Circle

• McPherson Square

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.A1 S62 1988 f

Taft, William H. “Washington: Its Beginning, Its Growth, and Its Future.” in National Geographic Magazine p. 221-292. Vol. 27, no. 3 (March 1915).

• Lafayette Square

• Dupont Circle with Statue of Dupont

• National Geographic Society

• Arlington Memorial Amphitheater

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.T33

Thirty-Two Picture Postcards of Old Washington, D.C.: Ready to Mail. Robert Reed, ed. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.

• Old Francis Scott Key Mansion, 1907

• F St. NW, looking toward Patent Office, 1906

• Wisconsin Ave and O St. in Georgetown, 1893

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.6.T45

Views of Washington. Portland, ME: Lyman H. Nelson Co., 191-.

• Inside the Corcoran Gallery

• Jackson Equestrian Statue

• General View of Washington from Capitol

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.V535 1910z

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von Bucovich, Marius. Washington, D.C., City Beautiful; A Collection of Eighty-Five Photographs. Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Co., 1936.

• Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol, pp.10-12, 16-17

• Churches, p.19-23

• White House, pp.24-26

• National Archives, pp.32-34

• Folger Library, pp. 49-51

• Willard Hotel, Mayflower Hotel, pp.55-56

• Embassies, pp.58-62

• Rock Creek Park, pp. 65, 74-76

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.B97f

Washington. 1890.

• Panorama from Dome of Capitol Looking NW

• Senate President’s Room


Washington: 55 New Views. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 190-.

• DC Municipal Building

• McClellan Statue

• Agricultural Department

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.W64 1900z

Washington Album. Washington: J.F. Jarvis, 1891.

• Statuary Hall

• Capitol Rotunda

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.W32

Washington Album: A Pictorial History of the Nation’s Capital. Washington: Washington Post Books, 2000.

• Waterfront, 1839

• Capitol Hill, 1844

• Defenses of Washington, 1865


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Washington, D.C. New York: Crescent Books, 1997.

• Tidal Basin

• Capitol Reflecting Pool

• Vietnam’s Women’s Memorial

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.3.H53 1997

Washington, D.C.: The Nation’s Beautiful White City. Washington: B.S. Reynolds Co., 1924.

• Bartholdi Fountain

• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

• American Red Cross


Washington, D.C.: A Photographic Celebration. Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1998.

• Korean War Memorial

• Holocaust Memorial Museum

• National Gallery of Art

• Hirschorn Museum

• Exorcist Steps


Washington, the Nation’s Pride. Philadelphia: J. Howard Avil, 1902.

• Government Printing Office

• Panoramic Views from Washington Monument

• Public Entrance to Executive Mansion


Washington in Picture: A Collection of Views from Recent Photographs Illustrating the Architectural Beauties of the Nation’s Capital. Washington: B.S. Reynolds, 1918.

• Bureau of Engraving and Printing

• Custis-Lee Mansion

• Interior Views of the Library of Congress


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Worcester, Thomas K. Washington, D.C. Portland: Charles H. Belding, 1972.

• White swan greets the early morning beside the reflecting pool, p.34

• Interior of the Octagon House, pp. 40-41

• A pond lily plant growing in the National Arboretum, p. 54

• Museum displays, p. 74-79


Wyeth, Samuel Douglas. Roose’s Illustrated Washington. Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1876.

• Capitol, 1827

• Howard University

• Department of Justice (Freedmen’s Bank Building)


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