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Structures and sites in the Washington, D.C. area
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Washington (D.C.) Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Description | Buildings and views in Washington, D.C. Aqueduct bridge in Georgetown (1859); State, War, and Navy Department; old Winder Building on Seventeenth Street, below Pennsylvania Avenue; the U.S. Patent Office (ca. 1860s-70s); Georgetown University (ca. 1880s-90s); the White House (1886, ca. 1860s-70, and ca. 1890-1900); cable cars on Seventh Street NW (1892); flooded Pennsylvania Avenue (ca. 1897-98); uncompleted Washington Monument, and a crowd of people on the White House grounds (ca. 1883); St. Matthew's Church at Fifteenth and H Streets NW (ca. 1870s); the Agriculture Department Building on the Mall; view of F Street from the Patent Office; the Arts and Industries Building; Freer Gallery; railroad tracks in Washington; the Cabin John Bridge under construction (1858) and completed; the Capitol Hill home of J. McDonald (chief clerk of the Senate); Queen Street warehouse in Alexandria (ca. 1860s-80s). Completed Washington Monument; Prentice Studio, Music Department, American University (1960s); the U.S. Capitol, Statuary Hall; the Emancipation statue in Lincoln Park; Old Soldiers' Home. Interior of Morgan's Pharmacy (ca. 1940s); Smithsonian Institution Building (ca. 1890-1900, ca. 1940s); Joseph Henry statue (ca. 1940s); National Gallery of Art (ca. 1940s); Colorado Building under construction in Washington; Lincoln Memorial (ca. 1940s); Chinese Embassy (ca. 1940s); rush-hour traffic over Memorial Bridge (ca. 1940s). Includes an aerial view of Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, showing the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, taken from a five-mile altitude, using infra-red photography (ca. 1940); and a retouched aerial view of Washington and Maryland, showing the Potomac River, Tidal Basin, Mall, and Southeast, Northwest, Northeast areas (1915). Also includes a wood engraving of the Washington Monument (1885). |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Streets--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bridges--Washington Metropolitan Area--1850-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Washington (D.C.)--1850-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1960. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
