Washingtoniana Image Galleries

Visit the Special Collections page to find out more about these images and other Washingoniana collections.


All Politics Is Local. See photos of leaders, ordinary citizens, campaign literature, protests, and rallies that help bring home rule to the District in 1973.

Dr. King and Civil Rights.  View a few of the many images Washingtoniana has on the historic civil rights marches and events that took place from the 1940s-1960s in Washington, DC.



The Last First Decade: DC Scenes, 1900-1910. Look at vintage photos of a slower and more tree-lined Washington, DC in the first decade of the 20th century.




Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Look at photos of baseball in Washington, DC from various decades of the 20th century.




Woman's Suffrage Movement in Washington, D.C., 1913-1917. View photos of suffragettes who paraded, protested and were imprisoned in the District from 1913-1917 until Congress passed the women's suffrage amendment.


Please contact the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library to obtain permission to reproduce or publish photos.