1930s
The Great Depression hit Washington differently than most American cities. FDR’s New Deal brought a massive expansion of the federal government, filling the capital with new agencies, new buildings, and hundreds of thousands of new workers. The decade that devastated much of America actually transformed Washington into a modern metropolis.
A Look Back in Time – President Herbert Hoover with Boys and Girls at the White House
Walter Johnson’s Germantown Farm: 1937 Hunting Dog Trials
Federal Triangle History: The Story Behind A Name
A Look Back: Comparing FDR, Eisenhower, and Obama Inauguration Photos
The Tenement Housing of Washington D.C. Alleys
The 1930 Army Blimp at the Lincoln Memorial and Captain Flood
A View of the Washington Monument From the George Washington Memorial Parkway
This is What the Metro Center Area Looked Like in 1930
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