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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0340Description
A black and white stereoraph. Image is of an aerial view of Washington D.C., the Washington Monument can be seen in the distance. Above the image "12" is printed, below the image "32232 Panorama of the Mall and Pennslyvania Ave. from the Capitol Dome, 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:
32232
WEST FROM THE CAPITOL DME DOWN THE MALL AND PENNSYLVANIA AVE., WASHINGTON, D. C.
Having admired the Capitol from different angles and distances, and visited and studied in some detail three of the four great halls which constitute the principal features of its vast interior, we may now ascend the dome to the second exterior balcony, encircling it above the roof level of the main building. Here, high above the curving driveways and elaborate parkings of the Capitol grounds, we may look abroad over the surrounding city and fully appreciate the commanding situation of the Capitol itself. Going first to the western side of the dome, we see, to the left, the Mall extending away to the Washington Monument, exactly behind which and still more distant can be discerned the stately facade of the Lincoln Memorial, with the Virginia hills north of Arlington along the horizon. On this side of the Washington Monument and to its left is the brick tower of the Smithonian Institution and opposite to it, on the right of the Mall, the low dome and the white walls of the New National Museum. nearest at hand, in line with the Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, stands the equestrian statue of General Grant, aomng the trees and flower beds of the Botanical Garden. At our rght is the broad ribbon of Pennsylvania Avenue, the most famous thoroughfare of Washington, if not of America, pointing directly to the Treasury Building, the White House and the State, War and Navy Building. It was the first street of the infant capital to be developed and always remained its chief arterial highway. Along it victorious armies have marched in review, and it has witnessed many a brilliant inaugural parade as well as the solemn processions which haber escorted the mortal remains of Presidents and distinguished servicemen and soldiers to their last resting places.
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