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Washington, its sights and insights [1903]

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Harriet Earhart Monroe
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A descriptive guide to the national capital that combines architectural and institutional overview with anecdotal detail. It traces the city’s planning origins, profiles the Capitol — its exterior, rotunda, friezes, legislative chambers and art — and outlines the Supreme Court, principal federal departments (Treasury, Post Office, Agriculture, Interior, Pension Office, State, War, Navy), the Library of Congress, and diplomatic quarters. The executive residence receives attention alongside monuments and Arlington. Alongside factual descriptions are humanizing incidents, procedural sketches, and reflections on civic education and patriotism intended to orient visitors and readers to both sights and governmental functions.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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President Roosevelt Frontispiece
Bird’s-eye View of Washington, Looking East from the Monument Between 4 and 5
Bird’s-eye View of Washington, Looking Down the Potomac from the Monument Between 8 and 9
The Capitol Between 12 and 13
Plan of the Principal Floor of the Capitol 15
Brumidi Frieze in Rotunda 22
Brumidi Frieze in Rotunda 23
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation 27
Group I Between 32 and 33
  Statuary Hall
  “Westward Ho!”
  Washington Declining Overtures from Cornwallis
  The Senate Chamber
  Some Prominent Senators
  The House of Representatives
  Some Prominent Representatives
  The Rotunda Bronze Door
The Mace 41
The Speaker’s Room 42
Seating Plan of the Supreme Court Chamber 54
Group II Between 80 and 81
  Justices of the Supreme Court
  The Supreme Court Room
  The Treasury Building
  The Old Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  The New Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  Gallaudet College for the Deaf
  The Smithsonian Institution
  The National Museum
Macerating $10,000,000 of Money 88
The Patent Office 114
Group III Between 128 and 129
  The Bureau of Indian Affairs
  The Congressional Library
  Grand Stairway of the Congressional Library
  The Rotunda (Reading-room) of the Congressional Library
  The Pension Office
  The State, War, and Navy Departments
  The German Embassy
  The British Embassy
  The French Embassy
  The Russian Embassy
One of the Bronze Doors of the Congressional Library 133
The Declaration of Independence 148
Fish Commission Building 163
Mrs. Roosevelt 166
Group IV Between 176 and 177
  The President and Cabinet
  New Entrance to the White House
  New Wing of the White House
  South Front of the White House
  North Front of the White House
  New Grand Corridor—White House
  New State Dining-room—White House
  Mount Vernon—From South Lawn
  Tomb of Washington—Mount Vernon
  Home of General Lee
  Monument to the Unknown Dead, Arlington National Cemetery
  The Washington Monument
Charlotte Corday 181