Old Washington, D.C. in Early Photographs, 1846-1932

Old Washington, D.C. in Early Photographs, 1846-1932The rise and growth of Washington, D. C., in the nineteenth century closely paralleled the invention and development of photography a felicitous circumstance that made possible this valuable photographic record of the early years of the nation's capital. Culled from the archives of the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, Columbia Historical Society, and other sources, these 224 rare prints (including works by such Victorian era cameramen as Brady,

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