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FIFTY GLIMPSES
OF
WASHINGTON
AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
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REPRODUCED FROM RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK:
RAND, McNALLY & CO., PUBLISHERS,
1896.
WOODWARD & LOTHROP,
10th, 11th, AND F STREETS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Copyright, 1895, by Rand, McNally & Co.
[Illustration: THE MALL--View looking Southwest from near the Department
of Agriculture.
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING WASHINGTON MONUMENT. POTOMAC RIVER.]
AND PRINTING.
[Illustration: THE CAPITOL--East Front.]
[Illustration: THE CAPITOL--West Front.]
[Illustration: VIEW LOOKING WEST FROM THE CAPITOL.
BOTANICAL GARDEN. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.]
[Illustration: BRONZE STATUE OF JAMES A. GARFIELD.
Southwestern Entrance to Capitol Grounds.
By J. Q. A. WARD.]
[Illustration: CAPITOL VISTA FROM SOLDIERS' HOME.]
[Illustration: THE HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Capitol.]
[Illustration: THE SENATE CHAMBER--Capitol.]
[Illustration: THE MARBLE ROOM OR SENATE LOBBY--Capitol.]
[Illustration: THE ROGERS BRONZE DOOR--Capitol.]
[Illustration: THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT--Fifteenth Street, N. W., from
Pennsylvania Avenue to G Street.]
[Illustration: THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING--Northeast corner B
and Fourteenth Streets, S. W.]
[Illustration: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE--Looking East from Treasury
Department.]
[Illustration: DIPLOMATIC ROOM, DEPARTMENT OF STATE.]
[Illustration: DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, WAR, AND NAVY--Seventeenth Street,
between New York Avenue and G Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT--Seventh, Eighth, E, and F
Streets, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE PENSION OFFICE--Judiciary Square, Fourth, Fifth, and
G Streets, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE BARTHOLDI FOUNTAIN--Botanical Garden.]
[Illustration: THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
The Mall, near B and Tenth Streets, S. W.]
[Illustration: VIEW FROM BASE OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, THE WHITE TREASURY ALBAUGH'S
WAR, AND NAVY. HOUSE. DEPARTMENT. OPERA
HOUSE.]
[Illustration: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT--Height, 555 1/3 feet.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HOUSE--North Front.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HOUSE--South Front.]
[Illustration: THE EAST ROOM--White House.]
[Illustration: THE RED ROOM--White House.]
[Illustration: THE STATE DINING ROOM--White House.]
[Illustration: THE BLUE ROOM--White House.]
[Illustration: THE MALL--View looking East from Department of
Agriculture.]
[Illustration: THE CHINESE LEGATION--Corner Fourteenth Street and Yale
Avenue, N. W.]
[Illustration: THOMAS CIRCLE--View looking North from junction Vermont
Avenue and Fourteenth Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS--Thomas
Circle.
J. Q. A. WARD.]
[Illustration: BRONZE STATUE ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT
Farragut Square, intersection Connecticut Avenue and I Street, N. W.
By MRS. VINNIE REAM HOXIE.]
[Illustration: EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.
Scott Circle, intersection Sixteenth Street, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island Avenues, N. W.
By H. K. BROWN.]
[Illustration: THE LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL.
Lafayette Square, Executive Avenue and Fifteenth St., N. W.
By FALQUIER and MERCIE.]
[Illustration: EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Washington Circle, intersection Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Avenues,
N. W.
By CLARK MILLS.]
[Illustration: BRONZE STATUE OF ADMIRAL SAMUEL F. DUPONT.
Dupont Circle, intersection of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut Avenues, N. W.
By LAUNT THOMPSON.]
[Illustration: THE SOLDIERS' HOME.]
[Illustration: U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY--Extension of Massachusetts
Avenue, near Rockville Pike.]
[Illustration: THE BALTIMORE SUN BUILDING.
F Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE CHURCH OF THE COVENANT.]
Southeast corner Eighteenth and N Streets, N. W.
[Illustration: INTERIOR CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION--Northwest corner
Massachusetts Avenue and Twelfth Street, N.W.]
[Illustration: RESIDENCE OF HON. J. B. HENDERSON--Sixteenth Street and
Florida Avenue, N. W.]
[Illustration: RESIDENCE OF L. Z. LEITER, ESQ.--New Hampshire Avenue and
P Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: RESIDENCE OF HON. LEVI P. MORTON.
Southwest corner Rhode Island Avenue and Fifteenth Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ARTS.
Northeast corner Executive Avenue and Seventeenth Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE AND COAST SURVEY.
Southwest corner New Jersey Avenue and B Street, S. E.]
[Illustration: THE BRITISH LEGATION.
Northwest corner Connecticut Avenue and N Street, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE MASONIC TEMPLE--Northwest corner Ninth and F Streets,
N. W.]
[Illustration: WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST CO.'S BUILDING.
Southwest corner Ninth and F Streets, N. W.]
[Illustration: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--First, Second, B, and East
Capitol Streets, S. E.]
[Illustration: THE NAVAL MONUMENT.
Pennsylvania Avenue near Western Entrance to Capitol Grounds.]
[Illustration: ARLINGTON HOUSE--Formerly the Home of General Robert E.
Lee.]
[Illustration: THE SHERIDAN GATE--Arlington.]
[Illustration: THE McCLELLAN GATE--Arlington.]
[Illustration: TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD--Arlington.]
[Illustration: TOMB OF GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN--Arlington.]
[Illustration: THE TEMPLE OF FAME--Arlington.]
[Illustration: THE AMPHITHEATER--Arlington.]
[Illustration: THE TOMB OF GEORGE WASHINGTON--Mount Vernon.]
[Illustration: GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MANSION--Mount Vernon.]
[Illustration: THE CABIN-JOHN BRIDGE--Length of Span, 220 feet; height,
57 feet.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Albaugh's Opera House 18
Amphitheater, Arlington 43
Arlington House 40
Baltimore Sun Building 32
Bartholdi Fountain 17
Blue Room, White House 23
Botanical Garden 6
British Legation 37
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 3, 12
Cabin-John Bridge 46
Capitol, The 4, 5
Capitol Vista from Soldiers' Home 7
Chinese Legation 25
Church of the Ascension 33
Church of the Covenant 32
Corcoran Gallery of Art 36
Diplomatic Room, Department of State 14
Dupont, Statue of Admiral Samuel Francis 29
East Room, White House 22
Farragut, Statue of Admiral David G. 27
Garfield, Statue of James A. 7
Henderson, Residence of Hon. J. B. 34
House of Representatives, Hall of the 8
Lafayette Memorial 28
Leiter, Residence of L. Z. 35
Library of Congress 39
Mall, The 3, 24
Marble Room, Capitol 10
Marine Hospital Service and U. S. Coast Survey 37
Masonic Temple 38
Morton, Residence of Hon. Levi P. 36
McClellan Gate, Arlington 41
Naval Monument 39
Naval Observatory 31
Navy Department 15
Pennsylvania Avenue 6, 13
Pension Office 16
Post Office Department 16
Red Room, White House 22
Roger's Bronze Door, Capitol 10
Scott, Statue of Gen. Winfield 28
Senate Chamber 9
Sheridan Gate, Arlington 41
Sheridan, Tomb of Gen. Philip H. 42
Smithsonian Institution 17
Soldiers' Home 30
State Department 15, 18
State Dining Room, White House 23
Temple of Fame, Arlington 43
Thomas Circle 26
Thomas, Statue of Maj.-Gen. George H. 27
Tomb of the Unknown Dead, Arlington 42
Treasury Department 11, 18
View from base of Washington Monument 18
View looking West from the Capitol 6
War Department 15, 18
Washington Loan and Trust Co.'s Building 38
Washington's Mansion, Mount Vernon 45
Washington Monument 3, 6, 19
Washington, Statue of George 29
Washington, Tomb of George 44
White House, The 18, 20, 21
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Transcriber's Notes:
Page 16, "Eight" changed to "Eighth" (Seventh, Eighth, E, and)
Page 47, "Amphitheatre" changed to "Amphitheater" to match photo caption
(Amphitheatre, Arlington)
Page 47, the numbers were cut off of the original image on the final
column of the Table of Contents. All but one of the numbers could be
ascertained by checking the original. The entry for the War Department
was unclear as it was clearly a single number, but the War Department
shows up on pages 15 and 18. These were both included in the Table of
Contents.Project Gutenberg
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