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2023.055.3.0331Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is an aerial shot of the Capitol building. Above the image "6" is printed, below the image "29493 From the Washington monument to the Capitol, 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:
29493
LOOKING EAST FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Probably the most impressive wista which we have from the top of the Washington Monument is the one looking eastward up the Mall to the Cpaitol and its surroundings. The Capitol dome is the central point of the four quarters of the city; as we look at it from here, the region beyond and to its right is Washington Southeast and that to its left Washington Northeast. The ground on this side of the Capitol and to the right of the Mall is in Washington Southwest and that to the left, in Washington Northwest. We need pause for only a glance at the Capitol itself, majestically beautiful from whatever direction it is iseen, for we shall soon have opportunity to study it more closely. But directly behind it, to the right, we see the almost equally dignified outlines of the Library of Congrress and still further to the right but nearer to us the House of Representatives Office Building. Balancing the latter, on the left of the Capitol is the Senate Office Building. Both office buildings are handsome marble structures of classic design modified by French interpretations. Close by on the right rise the tower and roofs of the Smithsonian Institution. The section of the Mall directly in front of us will in the course of time be vastly changed and improved to conform tothe noble conceptions of the original designer of the Capitol City, Major R. C. L'Enfant (1755-1825). The mass of temperary Government Office Buildings, in the cneter of the Mall, put up under the stress of the World War, will be cleared away, to be succeeded by handsome permanent buildings set further back. The Botanical Gardens, nearer to the Capitol will be rearranged, giving a clear view to the Grant Memorial, which we cannot now see throughthe trees though ti stainds in fornt of the center of the Capitol.
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