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Explore America: Washington, D.C.

Explore America and discover people, places, art, and history that connect to Washington, D.C., in the Smithsonian’s collections. The nation's capital is known for its monuments and museums, but Washington, D.C., has vibrant neighborhoods and a culture all its own. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across the globe, scientific discovery, and the vast wonders of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


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Portrait of Alma Thomas in her Studio

Uzikee

DC Funk Parade

Woodward & Lothrop's

Lillian Evanti

TK Echo and the Social Power of Music in D.C.

Georgetown University

DC Funk Parade

Resting on the Goalpost. Washington, D.C., June 1969, from the series Southern Roads/City Pavements

Photograph of airmail planes at Washington, DC

36th Street

DC Funk Parade

[Newsboys, at least three girls, and men in front of Howard Theater, with Cab Calloway's name on signs : acetate film photonegative,]

Woodward & Lothrop

Key to the City of Washington, DC, presented to Ella Fitzgerald

Our DC

Washing the Walk, (Burberry's), from the series Connecticut Avenue

button, Gallaudet University

Chuck Brown at the 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Color transparency of William Christenberry in his Washington, DC studio

Lichtman Theater [front, exterior of Booker T Theatre] [acetate film photonegative]

Raynolds Place

Beer Drinkers at the Sea Grill, Washington, DC

DC Funk Parade

Untitled, from the series Connecticut Avenue

Watercolor Street Scene

Dupont Circle Crowd--Hands Across America, from the series Connecticut Avenue

Twentieth Anniversary Concert

Republic Theatre [acetate film photonegative]

Untitled, from the series Connecticut Avenue

Washington Shopping Plate Associates, Charga-Plate, United States, 1960s

Freedom in '63 (Howard University)

Third and Rhode Island

First Baptist Women Present A tribute To Black Women

The children’s choir of Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., 1998


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