The City of Washington: An Illustrated History by The Junior League of Washington DC (Paperback)

With nearly 700 illustrations: photographs and facsimiles of drawings, paintings, maps, and memorabilia through the ages.

Here is a uniquely rich and alive celebration of our national capital, past and present. This book is the work of some hundred members of the Junior League of Washington who devoted five years to the project: first as historical "detectives," searching through public archives and private collections, journals and diaries, memoirs and newspapaer reports, for the most resonanat and exciting photographs and documents; then as chroniclers, joining pictures and narrative to re-create the essence of Washington, D. C.

A history. A family album. A documentary. The book for anyone who has ever lived in Washington or visited it, or hopes to, this is surely the best and liveliest account ever published of the city as it was and is.