This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Grand and Tawdry Washington's Capital City Portrait
Washington described as the nation's capital with contrasts from historic monuments to shabby streets and transient residents. The piece notes political power, race, crime, and social life, tracing growth since 174th anniversary and outlining capital’s planning, governance, and segregation era tensions. It highlights Congress as mayor, three-commissioner city leadership, and the 1961 23rd Amendment voting limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Midtown
Tennessee
New Jersey
Congress
Chicago
New York
London
Paris
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Bethesda
Falls Church
Connecticut
Long Island
Glen Echo Amusement Park