Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0188Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is a birdseye view of Washington D.C., the US Captiol buildng and Washington Monument can be reaidly identified. Above the image "T2 (Star)" is printed, below the image "26100 T The Nation's Pride - Washington, Capital City of the United States, from an Airplane." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
26100
A NATION'S PRIDE - WASHINGTON FROM AN AIRPLANE
We are looking upon the seat of government of a mighty nation. For a century and a quarter here is where our national laws and policies have been determined, our history has cenetered, our participation in world affirs been guided.
From our point of vision we are looking due west over the city, across the Potomac River, and beyond to the wooded stretches of Virginia. Facing us is the Capitol building, a structure of noble lines and proportions. A mile and a half beyond it is the white shaft of Washington's Monument and between thr two we see first the Botanical Gardens and then the Mall. The new National Museum stand in the Mall. It is the large white building halfway down between the Captiol and the Monument. The two large buildings on this side of the Capitol and to the right and left of it are the Senators' and Representatives' office buildings respectively. Between the two and nearer to us is the Congressional Library.
Washington owes more thatn its name to the Father of our Country, for together with L'Enfant, a French civil engineer, he laid the plans of our Captial City. It was he who decided the location of the Capitol building and also the Executive Mansion, and outlined the familiar thoroughfare, Pennsylvania Avenue, which connects the two. It is the avenue running northwest from the Capitol, the White House being visible at the farther end of the avenue.
Four avenues radiate from the Capitol, which is the hub of the city as well as of the nation, dividing Washington into four quarters. The norhtwest section, with Pennsylvania Avenue as its main artery, is the most important.
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