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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1846
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000610
Creator: Last, Jay T

View of Washington city

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the United States Capitol building prominently in the foreground with street traffic, and the city of Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument and the Potomac River, in the background.

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Capitol of Michigan. : Lansing

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Image of a eye-level street view of the domed Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, showing the front lawn with a fountain and visitors walking the grounds and arriving in horse-drawn carriages; building dimensions and the names of the commissioners printed in bottom margin.

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View of a rail road track across the Susquehanna, at Havre De Grace, Maryland, on the ice

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Havre de Grace, Maryland, depicting a railroad track across the frozen Susquehanna River, with workers unloading lumber and other goods; two vignettes in the bottom corners of a railroad track leading to a ship and onlookers on a sleigh watching a locomotive; a description of the event is printed in the bottom margin.

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Design of bronze monument, commemorative of American Independence

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Image of an eye-level view of a fountain monument commemorating American Independence and tiered with cannons, statues of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, American Revolutionary War generals and soldiers, and images of United States presidents, with George Washington on a horse atop the monument; description printed in margin in English and German.

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National Guard 7th Reg. N.Y.S.M

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Image of the 7th Regiment of New York National Guard preparing for review and inspection in 1855 at Camp Worth in Kingston, New York; ranks of soldiers assembled in front of a military camp full of tents with soldiers mounted on horseback passing by; cannons at left; group of civilian onlookers in foreground; American bald eagle with Union shields, military flags, and a banner that reads," Pro Patria et Gloria" in bottom center margin.

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Camp Putnam. The encampment of the National Guard of New York, at New-Haven Conn. June 1832

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Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.

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

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