Object Details
Author
Garrison Toy & Novelty Company
Subject
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Natural History Building
United States Dept. of Agriculture Building
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Produced by Garrison Toy & Novelty Company.
Summary
Visible in the photo on the right is the brick Department of Agricltural building with its mansard roof, the new Department of Agricultural buildings, the Smithsonian Castle, Arts & Industries Building and the Army Medical Museum. In the center are buildings of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. On the left is the National History Building and behind it Center Market located between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues and between 7th and 9th Streets, N.W. Mall landscaping shows winding paths, as conceived by Andrew Jackson Downing (1851).
Color postcard with a panoramic view of Washington, DC, looking east from the Washington Monument. The US Capitol Building is visible in the distance in the center of the postcard. The front of the postcard has a white border, and the postcard is unused.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 67, Folder: 12
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1915
Standard number
SIA2013-06683 (front) and SIA2013-06684 (back)
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Postcard
Paper
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Postcard
Buildings
Museum buildings
Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
Trees
Railroad stations
Aerial views
Record ID
siris_sic_13971