Chapter I

Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_. Superscripts are indicated by ^text or ^{text}.

_Phot. Im. Louis Glaser, Leipzig - 115 Worth Str. N. Y._

NORTH EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL.]

1 ARLINGTON.
2 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
3 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
4 NATIONAL MUSEUM.
5 WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
6 BOTANICAL GARDENS.
7 STATE DEPARTMENT.
8 CENTRAL MARKET.
9 BALTIMORE & POTOMAC R.R.
10 TREASURY.
11 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
12 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
13 PATENT & LAND OFFICE DEPT.
14 HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
15 BALTIMORE & OHIO R.R.
16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

U.S. CAPITOL.
]

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY.
CITY HALL & LINCOLN COLUMN.
WASHINGTON, FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
]

CASH ROOM, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.]

DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM.]

SETTING THE CAP STONE.

CAPSTONE OF THE MONUMENT, SHOWING THE ALUMINIUM TIP.

HEIGHT 555 FEET.
WEIGHT 81,120 TONS.
COST $ 1,187,710.

CORNER STONE LAID JULY 4^{th} 1848.
CAP STONE SET DECEMBER 6^{th} 1884.
INAUGURATED FEBRUARY 22^d 1885.

IN THE ELEVATOR.

ENTRANCE TO THE MONUMENT.]

NORTH HALL, MUSEUM OF MODELS, PATENT OFFICE.]

MT. VERNON.]

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Simple typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

This picture book has no Table of Contents or page numbers. The first illustration, "Washington Album," is the cover.

In the Plain Text version of this eBook, the sequences of indentifiers in some captions have been changed by placing the primary identifiers first.

Three illustrations included a small inset image in the upper-right-hand corner. That format and the associated captions have been preserved here, rather than identifying the insets as separate illustrations.