num_pages: 144
description: Millions of schoolchildren and visitors make the pilgrimage to our nation's capital each year. Built on reclaimed swampland, Washington is now the country's neoclassical seat of government and culture. Now you can witness Washington's development over the last century and a half. Seventy modern color photographs are compared side-by-side with seventy archival photographs from the 1850s to the 1950s. While focusing on famous vistas and familiar landmarks, it also explores well-known neighborhoods. The Then and Now series New York, Washington, Boston, and San Francisco.
language: English
title: Washington, D.C., Then and Now
titlecomplete: Washington, D.C., Then and Now (Then & Now)
genres: History, Travel, American History, Photography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 70
publisher: Thunder Bay Press