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The Nation's Capital City Is an Inspiring Sight from the Air by Day or by Night

President Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy and Family...Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy with their children, Caroline and John Jr.

Washington, D.C.

Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D.C.  This beautiful White Marble Building was erected by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Completed in 1910 at a cost of over $500,000.  The Portico on the left has thirteen columns for the Thirteen Original States.

National Archives Building

Washington, D.C.

This building was built as a depository for irreplaceable government records.  It is completely air conditioned for the preservation of Federal Archive material.  It was designed by John Russel Pope and contains and displays records of outstanding historical significance.

Joint Session U.S. Congress

The Hall of Representatives is the room in which the Senate and the House meet jointly when the President delivers a message to Congress.  First and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Washington, D.C.

Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

This beautiful small monkey survives only in a few small patches of coastal forest in Brazil.  In one of the most successful programs of its kind, zoos have bred and then returned golden lion tamarins to Brazil to augment the dwindling wild population.

White House south view

National Gallery of Art - Washington, D.C.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Erected at a cost of 15 million dollars - the building houses the Kress Collection, the Widener Collection, as well as the personal collection of art of Andrew W. Mellon.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Erected at a cost of 15 million dollars - the building has almost a half million feet of floor space.  Built of pink tennessee marble, it houses the Kress Collection, the Widener Collection, as well as the personal collection of art of Andrew W. Mellon.

Washington, D.C.

United States Supreme Court near the U.S. Capitol.  In this beautiful white marble building in Corinthian design is the courtroom, libraries, reading rooms and offices which include the Justice Chambers.

Court Room, U.S. Supreme Court.  in this room many historical cases are heard and decisions handed down.

The Pentagon, colossal nerve-center of the Defense separtment, is the largest office building in the world with its own cafeteria, dining rooms, shopping center, department store and telephone exchange.

Washington, D.C.

Fountain and Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

New United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.

The Washington, Pennsylvania Ave. at 15th and F. Sts., N.W., Opposite the United States Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Folger Shakespeare Library.  East Capitol and 2nd Streets.  This important addition to the cultural wealth of the nation was the gift of the late Henry C. Folger.  The collection includes more than 70,000 volumes, as well as pictures and other relics of the great poet's life and work.  The library has a $10,000,000 endowment fund, administered by the trustees of Amherst College.  William A. Slade is librarian and Prof. Joseph Q. Adams director of research.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

New Post Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC

Cherry Blossom Time

These beautiful Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees which line Riverside Drive, Potomac Park, are a gift from the Japanese Government to the United States.  In the Spring of the year they are a most beautiful sight and might suggest to the traveler a scene in old Nippon itself.

Arlington Memorial Bridge and Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.  The Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Lincoln Memorial with the Arlington Cemetery.  This bridge crosses the Potomac River, and shows the Lincoln Memorial, also giving a view of 36 columns, one for each State in existence at the time of Lincoln's death.  The statue of Lincoln is in the center of the Memorial.

Arlington Memorial Bridge and Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. The Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Lincoln Memorial with the Arlington Cemetery. This bridge crosses the Potomac River, and shows the Lincoln Memorial, also giving a view of 36 columns, one for each State in existence at the time of Lincoln's death. The statue of Lincoln is in the center of the Memorial.

Washington, DC

The United States Capitol

Washington, D.C.

One of the largest and stateliest buildings in the world, sets on a height overlooking the amphitheatre of the Potomac.  It is 751 feet long, 350 feet wide, and covers three and a half acres.  The cornerstone of the main building was laid by President Washington in 1793; the central building was finished in 1797.

The White House, Washington, D.C. - All of our Presidents, except Washington, have lived here.  The oldest public structure in Washington it has the simple dignity of a gracious American home.

Tomb of the Unknowns where rest in honored glory Unknown Americans who fell in both World Wars and in the Korean War.  Continuous vigil is maintained by Tomb Guards, specially chosen from the 1st Battle Group, 3d Infantry, part of the Military District of Washington command.

Washington Monument

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Washington Monument

Cherry Blossom Time

Washington, D.C.

A shaft of granite over 555 ft. high.  The winding stairway of 900 steps makes it possible to walk to the top.  there is an elevator which makes the trip also.  this Historic Shrine with its setting of Cherry Blossoms is one of the ost beautiful sights in Springtime and is visited by thousands each year.

The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. - The white marble shaft rises 555 feet and may be reached by elevator in 70 seconds.  A magnificent view of the city and broad expanse of Maryland and Virginia may be seen from its windows.  Its simplicity of design, attributed to Robert Mills, is in keeping with the modesty of the great patriot it commemorates.

The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. - The Washington Monument seen from the tidal Basin with blossoming Cherry Trees is afforded only during the early spring.  the Annual Cherry Blossom Festival attracts thousands of visitors to Washington.

Smithsonian National Air Museum

The Bell X-1

"Glamorous Glennis"

Piloted by Captain Charles Yeager on October 14, 1947, it was the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound.  In later tests this airplane attained a speed in excess of 1,000 mph.  National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

The Atlas

A rocket-powered launch vehicle with intercontinental range, which became the wheelhorse of the dawning Space Age as the booster for a whole series of experimental spacecraft.  National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

The Collection at the Natural History Museum numbers millions of specimens.  All objects of art, curios, research, natural history, plants, geological and mineralogical specimens of the United States are to be found here.  The largest and most valuable groups of animal will be found here also.

Natural History Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., containing U.S. National Museum exhibits pertaining to anthropology, geology, and zoology and also the National Collection of Fine Arts.

The Hope Diamond

Perhaps the world's best-known diamond.  Probably part of the "French Blue," brought to France from Indian in 1668, stolen in 1792, and appearing, re-cut to its present state, in 1830.  44 1/2 carats.  Here reproduced actual size.  Exhibited in Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.  Gift of Harry Winston.

Lincoln Monument - Washington DC

Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Design adopted by the Lincoln Memorial Commission on the site of Potomac Park, near the river on the axis of the Capitol and the Washington Monument.  Design by Mr. Henry Bacon.  It is a monumental structure, standing in a broad plain, surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills.  Statue of Lincoln is in the center of Memorial, while smaller halls at each side of central space contain second Inaugural and Gettysburg Addresses.  Surrounding the walls, incasing these memorials, is a colonnade of 36 columns for each of the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death.

Interior of Lincoln Memorial

Washington, D.C.

This view of the interior of Lincoln Memorial shows the marble statue representing Lincoln by Daniel Chester French.  The colossal figure, seated in a curale chair, faces the entrance, the eyes looking out through the columns to the monument and the Capitol.  The lineaments are of Lincoln as idealized by the sculptor.

Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology

The Foucault Pendulum which demonstrates the rotation of the earth.  The pendulum swings to and fro always in the same line, while the earth (and therefore the floor) rotates beneath it.  Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

The Cable Car, a single truck grip car built in 1888 for the Yesler Way cable line in Seattle, Washington.  The car has a side grip and weighs about 3 1/2 tons.  Railroad Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology

In the Blue Room of the White House at the turn of the Century.  Shown are dresses of Frances Folsom Cleveland, Ida Saxton McKinley, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Helen Herron Taft, Ellen Axson Wilson, and Edith Boiling Wilson.  First Ladies Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

In this Victorian parlor are dresses worn by Sarah Childress Polk, Betty Taylor Bliss, Abigail Powers Fillmore, Jane Appleton Pierce, Harriet Lane, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Martha Johnson Patterson.  First Ladies Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology

Portable Steam engine, 1869, made by the J.I. Case Company, it produced about 8 horsepower for driving threshers and sawmills by belt.  The engine was moved from place to place by a team of horses during which the stack was folded back while the driver sat in the seat fastened to the stack.  Hall of Farm Machinery, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

The 1401, Pacific type passenger locomotive built in 1926 for the Southern Railroad.  Weight 280 tons, wheels 73" in diameter, cylinders 27 x 28", overall length 92 feet.  Railroad Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

Combined Harvester-Thresher, 1886, pulled by 20 horses or mules, was the first built by Benjamin Holt, who later invented the Caterpillar tractor.  Made at Stockton, California, it is typical of combines manufactured in the late 19th century.  Hall of Farm Machinery, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology

Inaugural ball gown worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, wife to President John F. Kennedy, on the night of January 20, 1961.  The dress is displayed in the collection of dresses, First Ladies hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

The dresses of Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Martha Jefferson Randolph are shown in a drawing room as it might have looked in the Executive Mansion at 190 High Street in Philadelphia, 1790-1797.  First Ladies Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

The exhibit displays dresses of Julia Dent Grant, Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, Mary Arthur McElroy, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, Caroline Scott Harrison, and Mary Harrison McKee, in a setting reminiscent of the White House Blue Room during the Grant administration.  The First Ladies Hall, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.

Jefferson Memorial - Washington DC

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Cherry Blossom Time

Washington, D.C.

The Japanese Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin is considered the most beautiful Photographers' Paradise in the World.  Thousands of Visitors from every State in the Nation and Foreign Countries view this Nature's Magnificent Attraction each year.  The Festival is held around April 1st Annually.

A Beautiful Panorama View

Washington, D.C.

Showing the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument in the distance.

Cherry Blossom Time

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Washington, D.C.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is located on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.  It is constructed of Danby Vermont marble for the exterior and Georgia white marble for its interior.  This Historic Shrine with its setting of Cherry Blossoms is one of the most beautiful sights in Springtime, and is visited by thousands each year.

The Smithsonian

Original Wright Brothers Aeroplane of 1903, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Slater Spinning Frame, 1790

Samuel Slater is considered the father of the American cotton industry because of his introduction of the Arkwright system of the cotton machines from England.  This 48-spindle machine is one of two of his original machines still in existence, both of which are exhibited in the Textile Hall, Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

The "Spirit of St. Louis" the plane in which Charles A. Lindbergh made his famous solo trans-atlantic flight to Paris in 1927.  Exhibited in the Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.