Historic Photos of Washington, D.C.
From Mount Vernon to Georgetown, The White House to the monuments, Historic Photos of Washington, D.C. is a photographic history collected from the area's top archives. With about 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth of our nation's capital in stunning black and white photography. The book shows life, government, events and people important to Washington D.C. and the building of this unique city.
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Book details
- Author
- Andrew Smith
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Washington D.C. history · historical photography · American cities · local history · black and white photography · government and politics · photo archives
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369431
About the authors
MATTHEW GILMORE is an independent scholar specializing in the history of Washington, D.C., with expertise in urban planning, cartography, GIS, library science, and photography. His books include Foggy Bottom and the West End, Historic Photos of Arlington County and Historic Photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Gilmore previously served as a reference librarian at the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library, chaired the Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies for four years, and edits the H-DC discussion list on H-Net.
ANDREW BRODIE SMITH is a historian who holds a Ph.D. in history and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Historic Photos of Washington, D.C., co-authored with Matthew Gilmore.
Smith was a predoctoral research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, served as an archivist at the American Institute of Architects, and later as a senior records analyst at the National Archives.
Andrew lives in Washington, D.C.