20th Century History Society and Culture Washington, DC


The black community in Ellington's time and a tour of the Shaw neighborhood where he grew up. Companion site to PBS documentary.








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Washington As It Was* - Over 14,000 photographs by Theodor Horydczak are in this Library of Congress collection and can be viewed and searched online. They document architecture and social life from the 1920s to the 1950s, including views of commercial, residential, and governme

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: District of Columbia - Lists those killed in the Vietnam War from 20th century the society and culture District of Columbia.
  • City Beautiful: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C. - Brief article on the 1901 McMillan Plan to 20th century beautify society and culture the city's monumental core.
  • 20th Century Washington - Radio series covers the McMillan Plan, the Spanish flu epidemic 20th century of 1918, race relations in the 1920s, the 1932 Bonus 20th century March, World War II, the desegregation of Thompson\\'s Restaurant in 20th century the 1950s, 1960s freeway battles, the fight for self-government in 20th century the
  • Snapshots of a Washington Century - Recollections of 20th century Washington by four longtime history residents, with 20th century photos. From the Washington Post.
  • Garfinckel's: A History of America's Store - Memorabilia of the venerable Washington, DC, department store.
  • McMillan Commission Plan for Washington in 1902 - The Senate Parks Commission, chaired by Sen. James history McMillan, developed a plan for the Mall and history central Washington that is largely responsible for their history current appearance. The site has extensive excerpts from history the commission report.
  • The Riots in Georgetown, 1905 - Account of a strike and subsequent riots. Digitized full text (26 pages) of the original 1905 edition from Google Books.
  • History of the Kennedy Center - History of efforts to create a national performing history arts center. society and culture Text of 1980 article by Roger history Meersman.
  • Washington Century - Series of 26 articles from the Washington Post looks back 20th century at life during the 20th century, from the 1919 race 20th century riot to the "government girls" of World War II to 20th century suburban development.
  • Portraits of a City - Thousands of photographs of black Washington spanning the history 20th century, society and culture drawn from the archives of the history Scurlock Studio. Images are society and culture searchable. From the Smithsonian history American Museum of American History Web society and culture site.
  • McMillan Commission Report (1902) - Unabridged text of the Senate committee report that proposed a society and culture plan for the development of the National Mall and central society and culture Washington that is largely responsible for their current appearance. [PDF]
  • Duke Ellington's Washington - The black community in Ellington\\'s time and a 20th century tour of the Shaw neighborhood where he grew 20th century up. Companion site to PBS documentary.


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