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  • Design of the Washington : National Monument to be erected in the city of Washington

    Design of the Washington : National Monument to be erected in the city of Washington

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    Image of an eye-level street view of architect Robert Mills' design for the Washington National Monument with onlookers in the foreground, and the United States Capitol and the city of Washington, D.C., in the distance; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of President George Washington at bottom centered; blank contribution form and printed endorsement in the bottom margin with eight signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin, Daniel Webster, and others, printed in bottom margin.

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  • Birds eye view of Mt. Vernon, : the home of Washington

    Birds eye view of Mt. Vernon, : the home of Washington

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia estate, as viewed from above the Potomac River, with Washington's tomb in the foreground, and the mansion and other buildings, beyond; visitors walk along the grounds.

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  • East New York. 1859

    East New York. 1859

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    Image of an elevated view of East New York, Brooklyn; monument at left is “For Sailors of all Nations” (the monument stands today in Evergreen Cemetery); children, couples, and a man on horseback near monument in foreground; city and bay in background.

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  • Panorama of Washington. : First in war. First in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen

    Panorama of Washington. : First in war. First in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen

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    Image of two copies of the same image on one sheet of views of prominent buildings and locales in Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas and images related to United States President George Washington consisting of a top centered head-and-shoulders portrait of Washington in an oval frame decorated with flags and military items and two vignettes of Mount Vernon and the Tomb of Washington; a lower central image of an elevated landscape view of the United States Capitol building with the cityscape in the background, directly above a vignette of the Washington Monument and two scenes of Washington as a General during the American Revolution and Columbia, the goddess of Liberty, with flags and two cherubs; with three central columns containing twenty-six small vignettes of the front facades of buildings in Washington, D.C., including the United States General Post Office, United States Treasury, the Observatory, the White House, the Military Asylum, the Columbia Armory, the War Department, the Willard Hotel, the United States Navy Yard, the United States Arsenal, Matthew Church, the City Hall, Trinity Church, Georgetown College, an elevated view of Georgetown, the National Hotel, the Lunatic Asylum, the United States Patent Office, the Smithsonian Institute, a building dedicated to the Fine Arts, interior views of the crowded chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and three statues including a statue of Andrew Jackson and a statute of Washington by Clark Mills.

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  • Capitol of the United States, Washington. ; Smithsonian Institution, Washington City

    Capitol of the United States, Washington. ; Smithsonian Institution, Washington City

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    Image of two eye-level street views showing the United States Capitol building as seen from a tree-lined street (upper image), and the "Castle" building of the Smithsonian Institution (lower image) in Washington, D.C.

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  • Long Bridge, Washington, 1863

    Long Bridge, Washington, 1863

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    Photograph shows a wide shot of Long Bridge over the Potomac River from the Virginia shore. The Capitol Building can be seen in the distant background right-hand side. The foreground features wooden logs. Title on mount: Long Bridge, Washington, 1863. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 42 .

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