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Washington, D.C. local and regional history books feature vintage images of our nation’s capital. Each title celebrates the unique cultures and traditions of the area through historical images and descriptive captions.

From Capitol Hill to Dupont Circle, historic Georgetown, Greater U Street, the shores of the Potomac, the legendary tastes of Ben’s Chili Bowl, and more, each book features stunning vintage images revealing the unique people, places, and events that make up the history of the Washington, D.C. area.

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Name	Series	Status	Price	ISBN
Adams Morgan Adams Morgan $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Then and Now Americans, especially Washingtonians, are very proud of our nation’s capital, particularly the city’s neighborhoods. Adams Morgan is one nei ...	Then and Now	Available	$21.99	9780738542836
Along the Potomac Along the Potomac $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The Potomac River Basin, stretching from Pennsylvania through West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, is home to a ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738515540
Baseball in Washington, D.C. Baseball in Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Dubbed "America's Game" by Walt Whitman, baseball has been enjoyed in our nation's capital by everyone from young boys playing street stickb ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738514208
Ben's Chili Bowl: 50 Years of a Washington, D.C., Landmark Ben's Chili Bowl: 50 Years of a Washington, D.C., Landmark $19.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America From the days when U Street was hailed as “Black Broadway” to the current revitalization and gentrification of the new millennium, Ben’s Chi ...	Images of America	Available	$19.99	9780738554242
Bloomingdale Bloomingdale $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Bloomingdale was named for the beautiful spring flowers and elm, maple, crepe myrtle, and ginkgo trees in the area. A unique neighborhood, B ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738566108
Brookland Brookland $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Brookland is a neighborhood with strong connections to Howard and Catholic Universities, the Catholic Church, and Washington’s black intelli ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738587769
Capitol Hill Capitol Hill $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Capitol Hill celebrates one of the largest historic districts in the nation and a neighborhood rich in history that shaped a nation and the ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738516158
Cleveland Park Cleveland Park $21.99 Reprinting state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Once a single 998-acre farm, Cleveland Park can trace its origins to 1740, when large country estates, such as Rosedale, Twin Oaks, Tregaron ...	Images of America	Reprinting	$21.99	9780738515212
Dupont Circle Dupont Circle $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America From the vast estates of the mid-1800s to the rowhouses built at the end of the 19th century, from Charles Lindbergh’s balcony address at th ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738506333
Eastland Gardens Eastland Gardens $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Eastland Gardens, a little-known treasure in Northeast Washington, DC, is preserved and cherished by the generations who have called it home ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738592022
Filipinos in Washington, D.C. Filipinos in Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Filipinos arrived in the Washington, D.C., area shortly after 1900 upon the annexation of the Philippines to the United States. These new se ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738566207
Firefighting in Washington, D.C. Firefighting in Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America From the burning of Washington by the British in 1814 to the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, firefighters in Washington, D.C., ha ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738517315
Forest Hills Forest Hills $19.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The Forest Hills neighborhood is set within a heavily treed, rolling landscape adjoining Rock Creek Park and was first home to the Piscatawa ...	Images of America	Available	$19.99	9780738542997
Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C. Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C. $19.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America In the identity of gay and lesbian America, Washington, D.C., has a history, perhaps unknown, that begs to be acknowledged. This history ran ...	Images of America	Available	$19.99	9780738517537
Georgetown University Georgetown University $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Campus History Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in America, is located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789 and chartered by Congress i ...	Campus History	Available	$21.99	9780738515090
Greater U Street Greater U Street $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America On the edge of the 1792 original city plan by designer Pierre L'Enfant lies the Greater U Street neighborhood. For nearly 70 years before th ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738514239
Growing up in Washington, D.C.: An Oral History Growing up in Washington, D.C.: An Oral History $29.99 Reprinting state: District-of-Columbia series: Oral History Series The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., an educational and cultural institution serving the residents of metropolitan Washington, presen ...	Oral History Series	Reprinting	$29.99	9780738513706
Historic Congressional Cemetery Historic Congressional Cemetery $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Historic Congressional Cemetery dates from the days when Washington, DC, was a new city on the edge of a malarial swamp. The stones—sandston ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738592244
Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The area now known as Georgetown was once a central meeting place for nearly 40 Native American tribes situated between the Atlantic Ocean a ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738502397
Hollywood on the Potomac Hollywood on the Potomac $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Pres. Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington with phalanxes of famous friends in tow, Pres. Bill Clinton had a magnetic appeal to the Hollywood ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738567556
Marines of Washington D.C. Marines of Washington D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Marines of Washington, D.C. takes the reader on a visual tour that explores the dynamic history of the United States Marine Corps in the nat ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738516288
Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Mount Pleasant—Samuel P. Brown must have thought the name perfect when he chose it for his country estate on a wooded hill overlooking Washi ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738544069
Park View Park View $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The Park View neighborhood, nestled in the northeastern corner of Washington’s Ward One and bordering the Soldiers’ Home and Howard Universi ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738582184
Potomac Diary: A Soldier's Account of the Capital In Crisis, 1864-1865 Potomac Diary: A Soldier's Account of the Capital In Crisis, 1864-1865 $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Civil War Series In the spring of 1864, a student of medicine from upstate New York joined the Union army and ended up stationed in Virginia, across the Poto ...	Civil War Series	Available	$21.99	9780738504711
Southwest Washington, D.C. Southwest Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Southwest Washington, D.C., is a defined neighborhood even without a proper name; the quadrant has a clear border southwest of the U.S. Capi ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738542195
The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Campus History The Catholic University of America is unlike any other school in the United States. Certainly there are other universities with the same pas ...	Campus History	Available	$21.99	9780738585529
The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C. The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C. $13.19 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The Jewish community of Washington, D.C., located in the political nexus of the United States, has often enjoyed attention from people of ev ...	Images of America	Available	$13.19	9780738541563
The Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott and Thomas Circles The Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott and Thomas Circles $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America From the farm and orchard lands of the mid-1880s to the Civil War encampments, from modest wood frame homes to vast residences of Victorian ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738514048
The Palisades of Washington, D.C. The Palisades of Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America The Palisades neighborhood, in the extreme western corner of Washington, D.C., lies on the Maryland side of the Potomac River at Little Fall ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738518091
The White House, the Capitol and the Supreme Court: Historic Self-Guided Tours The White House, the Capitol and the Supreme Court: Historic Self-Guided Tours $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America In Washington, D.C., a city steeped in history—from museums and monuments to statues and stations—there are perhaps no structures as promine ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738505572
Union Station in Washington, DC Union Station in Washington, DC $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of Rail The history of Union Station is a fascinating story. In 1907, Washington’s train station was built as part of the McMillan Plan to create a ...	Images of Rail	Available	$21.99	9780738587530
Union Station in Washington, DC Union Station in Washington, DC $7.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Postcards of America The Union Station in Washington, DC boasts a rich history. Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Rac ...	Postcards of America	Available	$7.99	9780738587950
Unitarians and Universalists of Washington, D.C. Unitarians and Universalists of Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Unitarians established a church in the nation's capital in 1821, and the first Universalist sermon in Washington was presented at city hall ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738566511
Washington D.C.'s Deanwood Washington D.C.'s Deanwood $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Located in the far northeastern edge of the city, Deanwood is one of Washington, D.C.’s oldest, consistently African American neighborhoods. ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738553504
Washington D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel Washington D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel $7.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Postcards of America According to frequent guest and former president Harry S. Truman, the Mayflower Hotel is "Washington's second best address." Since opening i ...	Postcards of America	Available	$7.99	9780738525129
Washington D.C.: 1963-2006 Washington D.C.: 1963-2006 $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Black America By 1963, the African American community’s demand for equality could not be ignored. Following the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate ...	Black America	Available	$21.99	9780738543833
Washington D.C.: The World War II Years Washington D.C.: The World War II Years $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America As the country prepared for World War II, the nation's capital became a focal point of activity. Washington residents witnessed the local po ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738516363
Washington Dulles International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport $21.99 Available state: Virginia series: Images of Aviation Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the three major airports that transports passengers into and out of the Washington, D.C., ...	Images of Aviation	Available	$21.99	9780738518473
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Then and Now Washington, D.C. is well known for its expansive mall and world famous monuments, but relatively little has been published about the distric ...	Then and Now	Available	$21.99	9780738514758
Washington, D.C. in Vintage Postcards Washington, D.C. in Vintage Postcards $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Postcard History Created as a Federal City over two centuries ago, Washington, D.C., was designed by architect Pierre L’Enfant on land purchased by the gover ...	Postcard History	Available	$21.99	9780738541570
Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Located just four blocks from the White House, the Mayflower Hotel is “Washington’s Second Best Address,” as coined by frequent guest and fo ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738552569
Washington, D.C.: 1861-1962 Washington, D.C.: 1861-1962 $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Black America Since the Civil War, African Americans have broken down barriers of race and class and permeated nearly every sphere of influence in Washing ...	Black America	Available	$21.99	9780738542409
Washington, D.C.: A Historic Walking Tour Washington, D.C.: A Historic Walking Tour $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America When it was passed in 1789, the Constitution set out the boundaries not only for a new government but for a new capital city as well. At the ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738500492
Woodley and Its Residents Woodley and Its Residents $21.99 Available state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America In 1801, on a ridge that overlooked the incipient national capital, Philip Barton Key, uncle and mentor of Francis Scott Key, built a Federa ...	Images of America	Available	$21.99	9780738553153
Woodley Park Woodley Park $21.99 Reprinting state: District-of-Columbia series: Images of America Woodley Park celebrates the history of one of Washington D.C.'s most sought-after addresses. Once an area consisting of wooded land and scat ...	Images of America	Reprinting	$21.99	9780738515083

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