FIFTY GLIMPSES OF WASHINGTON AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. * * * * * REPRODUCED FROM RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS. * * * * * 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 * * * * * 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. --- Provided by LoyalBooks.com ---