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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0328Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of an aerial shot taken from the Washington Monument looking towards the Potomac, a train can be seen crossing a bridge. Above the image "5" is printed, below the image "32226 Looking S. from Washington Monument down the Potomac, Washington, D.C." 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:
32226
LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT DOWN THE POTOMAC, WASHINGTON, D.C.
The southern windows of the Washington Monument open to us a magnificent panorama, extending far down the borad Potomac past Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Virginia, and fading into the blue distance over the low hills of southeastern Maryland. The part of the city across which we are looking is Washington Southwest and the large building with four wings almost beneath our feet is the new Bureau of Engraving and Printing, complted in 1914 and reputed to be the largest engraving plant in the world. it was in this buding that the bonds of the various Liberty Loans were printed and here the visitor may watch among many varied processes, those involved in making bank notes on special, silk-fibred paper and those of printing ordinary postage stamps. Just beyond the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the bridge on which a freight train is crossing divides the Tidal Basin, on our right, from Washington Channel, at the left. Along the nearer shore of Washington Channel are located the wharves of the various steamboat companies serving the city. The long tongue of land beyond the Channel is a part of East Potomac Park, with a speedway for automobiles following its outer edge beneath the trees and a 9-hole municipal golf course situated in the centeral area. A large and comfortable automobile tourist camp, which is constantly being imrpoved, occupies a site near the railway line. In the distance to the left we see the Anacosta River flowing into the Potomac beyond the tongue of land occupied by Washington Barracks. Here is established the Army War College, a difnified building which we can just discern in the distance. In this institution selected Army officers are trained for high command and for duty on the General Staff of the Army.
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