Out of the blue the other day, I received an email asking if I’d like to receive a complimentary copy of the book “Historic Photos of Washington DC” and review it on my site. Of course at first I thought there was a catch, you know, send a dozen complimentary copies and charge me $39.99 each, but lo and behold, not only did I receive copy without an invoice, the content is absolutely amazing!

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The book starts off with photos dating back to the 1860s. When I was thinking historic photos, I was thinking photos of the monuments, the landmarks and the Pentagon being hit on 9/11, but when Matthew Gilmore and Andrew Brodie Smith says historic, they mean photos of the Aqueduct Bridge in the late 1800s before changing its name to Key Bridge in 1923, Georgetown when it was George Town and just a couple of homes on an empty hill (can you imagine an uncongested Gtown?) and literally the hangings of the assassination conspirators of Abraham Lincoln on July 7, 1865.

That’s just three of nearly 200 photos which actually tell the story of a young city growing up into what is to become the world’s most powerful city.

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