A Capital Market: Photographs of Everyday Life

Center Market is no longer standing, but photographs provide valuable information about its everyday life.

Photographs capture the layout of the market, the goods that were sold, the people that shopped there and the clothes that they wore. Together these things inform us of the culture and experience of the past.

Shaped by public use, the market brought together Washingtonians of all ages, classes, and races, from first ladies to social reformers.

Center Market was vibrant and chaotic; a true social center.

 
A Capital Market: Photographs of Everyday Life