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The same photographs, gathered by subject rather than by place.

An early biplane in the air above the White House grounds

Streetcars, motor cars and wagons

244 photographs

How Washington moved between the horse and the automobile, from conduit streetcars to traffic policemen and the first airmail.
A woman in a flowing costume with a shield stands on the steps of a colonnaded building

Votes for women

63 photographs

The 1913 procession, the Silent Sentinels at the White House gates, and the campaign that won the Nineteenth Amendment.
Men in overalls marching with flags past a long colonnaded building, the Monument at left

The war years, 1917–1919

131 photographs

Troops on the avenues, Liberty Loan rallies, temporary office buildings on the Mall, and the victory parades.
Carriages and marchers on a wide avenue in front of a large decorated Victorian building

Parades, inaugurations and ceremonies

287 photographs

Inaugurations from Taft to Hoover, funerals and victory marches: the city as a stage.
A columned temple under construction with derricks and stone blocks

Building the monumental city

71 photographs

The Lincoln Memorial rising on the reclaimed flats, new bridges and government buildings, and old blocks coming down.
A path under flowering cherry trees beside water, an obelisk far off

The cherry trees and the parks

87 photographs

Tokyo's gift of 1912 around the Tidal Basin, and the parks, gardens and riverbanks where the city went to play.
The Capitol dome seen far off through a dark stone archway, a man walking in silhouette

Union Station and the railways

42 photographs

Daniel Burnham's great station of 1907, its plaza and fountain, and the crowds that came and went.
A cow on a lawn before a huge ornate building

Daily life

357 photographs

Markets, shops, street vendors, schools, sport and snow days: the ordinary city behind the monuments.