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To the left Statuary Hall and Hall of Representatives. i THE CAPITOL, WEST FRONT Although not so imposing as the east front, it is the entrance most frequently used by visitors who, strolling up Pennsylvania Avenue, find it the more convenient approach. Two broad stone staircases lead to two terraces. From the upper one a fine view of the city is obtained. Immediately below is the statue of Chief Justice Marshall, and beyond can be seen the Peace Monument, Garfield Statue, Botanical Gardens, and all the principal public buildings, also a fine view of Pennsylvania Avenue, the principal street in Washington. SENATE CHAMBER Here the Solons of our country meet to pass laws for its welfare. It is a spacious chamber, handsomely furnished and sur¬ rounded with galleries for the accommodation of diplomats, senators’ families, press reporters, and the public. On a raised plat¬ form at the right is the president’s chair, and below sit the official reporters. The senators’ seats are arranged in a semicircle around the president’s desk. Press reporters occupy the gallery above the speaker’s desk, and directly opposite is the diplomats’ gallery. C* SUPREME COURT ROOM This was formerly the Senate Chamber before the two new wings were added to the Capitol. It is the highest legal tribunal in the United States, from which there is no appeal. The Bench is composed of a chief justice, who occupies the centre chair, and eight associate judges. The clerk of the court sits at the right. The floor is reserved for counsel, stenographers, reporters, and the public. "Dr STATUE OF LIBERTY ROGERS’ BRONZE DOORS This colossal bronze statue, nearly twenty feet high, sur¬ These massive and beautiful doors stand at the east entrance mounts the dome of the Capitol. From its exalted position it to the Capitol, and the panels represent scenes in the life of is difficult to define the outline, and has by some been mistaken Columbus, from his departure from Salamanca to his death. for the statue of an American Indian. The original plaster model is in the National Museum. EXECUTIVE MANSION, NORTH FRONT Commonly called the White House. It is the residence of the President of the United States. Unimposing in appearance compared to the other public buildings, it is situated in extensive grounds about one and a half miles west of the Capitol, at Sixteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. John Adams was its first occupant, in 1800. Since then it has been the official residence of each successive President. It was partially destroyed by the British in 1814, and on being repaired its walls were painted white; hence the term White House. Certain rooms are open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. GREEN ROOM eUJE ROOM RED ROOM STATE DINING ROOM EXECUTIVE MANSION The Green, Blue, and Red Rooms are so called on account of the color of their decorations. They contain many valuable paintings of former Presidents. In the Red Room are fulldength portraits of George and Martha Washington. The Blue Room is used as a reception room, and in it President Cleveland was married. The state dining room is used frequently during the Washington season for State dinners, and will seat about fifty guests. EXECUTIVE MANSION, EAST ROOM This is the public reception room, and is the largest in the mansion. It is open to visitors from io a.m. to 2 p.m. The room is tastefully decorated with plants and flowers from the White House conservatories during the receptions, which usually take place twice a week in winter. The decorations are white and gold, with three massive chandeliers, marble mantels, and tall mirrors. EXECUTIVE MANSION, CABINET ROOM The Cabinet meetings were formerly held in an upstairs room in the main building, but new offices have been erected on the site of the old conservatories to the west of the White House, and here State secrets and questions of public interest are now dis¬ cussed. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE FROM STATE DEPARTMENT Immediately in the foreground is the south front of the White House and grounds. Next on the left is the Treasury, and on Pennsylvania Avenue, which stretches out over a mile to the Capitol, can be seen the New Willard Hotel on the left, and on the right is the new post office with its high clock tower. WASHINGTON MONUMENT This is the tallest stone structure in the world, and can be seen from all parts of the city, towering high above everything else. It is 555 feet high, and from the top a fine view is afforded of the surrounding country. Open, 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. An elevator runs every half hour to the top. There is also a staircase, and persons can ascend that way, giving an opportunity to read the inscriptions on the stone. As it contains over 900 steps, the elevator is generally preferred. PANORAMA NORTH FROM MONUMENT Here is shown one of the fine views that may be obtained from the Monument, looking over the residential portion of the city. The large building to the right is the Treasury; next comes the White House, showing the south front. The State, War, and Navy Building, and the Corcoran Art Gallery are seen on the left of the picture. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EAST FROM TREASURY This is the broadest and main thoroughfare of Washington. Over four miles in length, it extends from Georgetown to the eastern branch of the Potomac River. The section shown in this view is one and a half miles in length from the Treasury to the Capitol, and 160 feet broad. The large white building on the left is the New Willard Hotel. The new post office is a little further up on the right, and the Capitol in the distance. PANORAMA EAST FROM MONUMENT This is the finest view obtained from the Monument. In the foreground is the Agricultural Department with its conserva¬ tories, museum, and seed division. Beyond, in succession, are the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum, Fish Commission Building, Botanical Gardens, Capitol, Congressional Library, Navy Yard, and a branch of the Potomac River. STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENT Situated on Pennsylvania Avenue to the west of the White House stands this huge granite building containing the three departments. Open, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The State Department is on the south, the War Department on the west, and the Navy Department on the east. The main entrance is on Pennsylvania Avenue. Here are the original Declaration of Independence, Great Seal of the United States, relics of Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, etc., and portraits of former Secretaries of State, War, and the Navy. In the halls are models of war vessels and military accoutrements. UNITED STATES TREASURY Stands east of the White House at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street. Open, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In this building is contained the nation’s wealth. The cash room, fitted up like a large bank; the redemption division; vaults where millions in coin and currency are stored, and the macerator in the basement, in which all the paper money redeemed by the Treasury, and aver¬ aging $1,000,000 daily, is destroyed, are shown to visitors. An exhibition of counterfeit money can also be seen. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING Here is where all the paper currency, inland revenue, and postage stamps are engraved and printed. A tour through this building will be found very interesting. It is situated at Fourteenth and B Streets, S. W., and is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2.45 p.m. Competent guides show visitors over the building. The printing only is shown to visitors, the engraving of the plates being done in secret. PATENT OFFICE Or Interior Department, which is its proper name, occupies the space between Seventh and Ninth and F and G Streets, N. W. The main entrance opens on Washington’s busiest thoroughfare, Seventh Street. This department attends to all the internal or domestic affairs of the government. The patent division, most interesting to strangers, is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the vast corridors are models and specifications of everything patented in this country during recent years, and a most curious collection it is of useful and other articles. PENSION BUREAU In Judiciary Square stands this large red brick building with no pretension to architectural beauty, but very convenient for the purposes for which it is used. Open, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is little here to interest strangers beyond the large centre hall, where inaugural balls are held. A band of frieze around the building representing scenes from the Civil War relieves the monot¬ ony of the exterior of the building. -4—< 03 s~> C/3 d ^ J2 JO CD o -*—> cj d Q u r~] -*—* C/3 c/3 d • • 4 c J-H d o D » > -* o m .y O r~* w w1 CD g -4—4 CD CJ (D CO r-j 03 o M-H •—4H These two interesting buildings are situated directly east of the Agricultural Department in the extensive grounds which reach from the Monument to the Capitol, called the Mall. The Smithsonian Institute is on the left and the National Museum on the right of the picture. Both buildings are open from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. The Smithsonian Institute is devoted to scientific research and contains a valuable collection of archaeological and other specimens. The National Museum has objects of interest from all parts of the world. NEW CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY Immediately east of the Capitol is the Library, famous for its beautiful marble interior and paintings. Open from q a.m. to io p.m., and on Sundays from 2 to 10 p.m. On the ground floor are the public reading room, senators’ and representatives’ read¬ ing rooms; halls and corridors full of paintings dedicated to poetry, Grecian mythology, evolution of the book, forms of Govern¬ ment, domestic lift, and the muses. On the upper floor the halls and corridors are decorated with paintings representing the progress of the human race. At the head of the staircase leading to the reading-room gallery is a fine glass mosaic of Minerva. • , r~ <—< ■ >-• /*■* C/3 w f. 3- O 03 03 Cj J— Cj 03 C3 c o r- 5- U 03 4—' J— CJ i "u c DC 03 *-4-l ^Cj r- C/3 C/3 i—1 D^ rv r— C/3 b/j 03 /—• C r- a j- DC ci bC < CD c X s-T cj w i r~ w1 73 i ■ / ••—* w 3 r* CJ r~| CJ o «—< 2 . ^ ■— >-H 73 73 < CJ CJ r— « w d 1— s~ _ o H d CJ fA S D ^CJ *—1—* W CJ 13 CD ^ S W-H ■ d be 2 'w' 73 r~ HH vj \J < "b in o c u £ » CJ 73 w cj cj —* CD co r-« J- C/3 *~2 d CJ < be >• <"H u " • r-^ ts: o o D I—( r- S2 < d o H g C3 *-t—l o U* co o o CJ . ^ '73 r- Q be £ d '73 *73 cn < C/3 73 p '73 o Dh >* > d »-• d o o o h u.& co ^ o >*—« co r- be 73 b 73 -*—» 73 W , CJ This view, taken from the south corridor, This, the west corridor, and immediately shows the entrance to the grand staircases and over the vestibule, contains eight paintings rep¬ tile west wall of the main hall. resenting the sciences, by Walter Shirlaw. Is erected on Seventeenth Street between New York Avenue and E Street. Open, 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday after¬ noons in winter. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 25c. admission is charged; other days free. The building is of white marble and contains many fine paintings, marble statuary, plaster casts, bronzes, porcelain, glass, and electrotype reproductions. STATUARY HALL, CORCORAN GALLERY OF ARTS The principal marble statues in the art gallery are the “Greek Slave,” by Hiram Powers; “The Last Days of Napoleon,” and the “Forced Prayer.” Of the paintings, “Charlotte Corday in Prison,” “Going to Pasture,” “The Vestal Tuccia,” “Helping Hand,” and the “Passing Regiment” are the most admired. The casts from ancient sculpture contain the “Parthenon,” “Venus of Milo,” “Venus de Medici,” “The Dying Gladiator,” and “Apollo Belvidere.” MARTIN LUTHER ADMIRAL DAVID C. FARRACUT REAR-ADMIRAL SAMUEL F DUPONT The six statues shown above are located as follows: “Lafayette Memorial,” on the southeast corner of Lafayette Park opposite the White House; “George Washington,” in Washington Circle at Pennsylvania Avenue and Twenty-third Street; “Andrew Jackson” occupies the centre of Lafayette Park. This statue is so balanced that it retains its position on the pedestal without any other support than the two hind legs of the horse. “Martin Luther” stands in front of the German Lutheran Church, at Thomas’ Circle; “Farragut” in Farragut Square, and “Dupont” in Dupont Circle. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS GARFIELD MEMORIAL EMANCIPATION STATUE, LINCOLN PARK The statue of “Ethan Allen” is in Statuary Hall in the Capitol; “General Scott,” in Scott Circle, Sixteenth and N Streets, N. W.; “Robert Fulton,” in Statuary Hall in the Capitol; “Garfield” at the foot of the west side of the Capitcl. The Lincoln statue of “Emancipation” is in Lincoln Park, twelve squares to the east of the Capitol, and is one of the finest in Washington. It was erected by subscriptions from colored people, and cost $17,000. It represents Lincoln extending his protecting arm over an emancipated slave, who is kneeling at his feet. The “Thomas’’equestrian statue is in Thomas Circle, at Fourteenth Street and Massachusetts Avenue. CJ CJ cj cj o c/2 c/2 u ^ be .a a to ^ u< Tj XT. xn pC be cj CJ c/2 c/2 cj O u CJ £ cj c J- cj C/2 C/2 c/2 cj CJ > CJ a; CJ W C/2 NAVAL OR PEACE MONUMENT c/2 C/2 oT O £ CJ J- CJ rt o De cttj o CJ CJ >. o3 s~ CJ CJ cj C/2 -*—» CJ — J- C/2 O o CJ c • P-Hc h o C/2 cj Is at the head of Pennsylvania Avenue near Capitol, and was erected to memory CJ CJ C soldiers and sailors who fell during the Civil War. This is one of the many fine circles and squares for which Washington is famous. In the centre stands Thomas’ statue. Behind is the German Lutheran Church and a statue of Martin Luther. To the right is Vermont Avenue and to the left Fourteenth Street. FORD’S THEATRE, WHERE LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED Here Abraham Lincoln, then President of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth. At that time it was the leading theatre in Washington. It is on Tenth Street between E and F Streets, N. W., and is now used by the government as offices. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WEST FROM DOME OF CAPITOL This view embraces the business and residential section of the city, through the centre of which runs the broad and mag¬ nificent Pennsylvania Avenue. Capitol Park, in the foreground, adds to this charming view, which should be seen by every visitor to Washington. WASHINGTON FROM ARLINGTON One of the finest panoramic views of Washington is obtained from Arlington. The foliage and Potomac River make an attractive foreground. In the centre of the picture stands the Monument; on the right are the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Capitol, and the new Congressional Library; on the left the new post office, “Star” newspaper office, and Raleigh Hotel. ARLINGTON MANSION Stands on Arlington Heights, across the Potomac from Washington. It can be reached by cars of the Mount Vernon, Alex¬ andria, and Arlington Railway, which start from Thirtcen-and-a-half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The mansion and grounds were formerly the property of General Robert E. Lee, a distinguished Confederate General. During the Civil War they were con¬ fiscated by the government, and have since been used as a national cemetery, the mansion being occupied by the superintendent. c/5 c u .0 Pi y 0 C/5 A 4 C Hh .2 <-t—1 ‘2 O & C/5 > pH O w 0 O H S W 0 W £ _ Q w *2 O u f—1 *-1 hH < H CN Jp 0 U-H 1—1 _ H >—1 > . < O £ 2 0 sib Q ri r~ < O O W r- & Q c/5 O .2 c3 £ O r- r- »—• O O wW Uh »-< U-i W O ►-W ** 0 y w 0 c O . 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The present tomb was built in 1837, remains formerly resting SOLDIERS’ HOME Stands in an extensive park about four miles north of the Capitol. Here reside nearly one thousand old soldiers who have done honorable service in the United States Army. It is composed of a number of buildings, the principal of which is the Scott Building, shown in the picture. There are numerous beautiful walks and drives through the grounds. G PC G o to a -*-> *0 bo Ph G g C/2 o g d pc d d ^ cn 1) G> o to c/2 u Jm J- r-d m GJ o ^ o C/2 o c/2 cn j- d d c/2 1 cj d G d »— CABIN JOHN BRIDGE H d O m • d CJ I—I Oh 7j gj Pi Cm cj i£ £ C/2 E C/2 u CJ PC PC £ CJ a O d u Cl G d r-j c/2 cj g u IS w/“S M 0 L- ^G "G C-, f-H G d d *u Gj' GJ U, 02 G 02 *C r~* r~l O G > ~G d g GJ < X O a, GJ Jm d D-. • »"H G About ten miles from Washington, reached by electric car, is this famous bridge, said to be < C/2 PC d c/2 GJ > U. LJ an aqueduct for the water supply of city. the largest single stone arch in world. 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