BUY PRINT Circa 1911. "Washington from Washington Monument." Points of interest in this first installment of a six-segment panoramic view include B Street (today's Constitution Avenue), running diagonally from the Potomac Electric powerhouse at lower left; Louisiana Avenue, branching off in the general direction of
Union Station at upper right; the
Old Post Office and its clock tower at left-center across Pennsylvania Avenue from the
Raleigh Hotel under construction; the Agriculture Department
greenhouses in the foreground with a corner of the Smithsonian "National Museum" at far right, just below
Center Market;
Liberty Market at upper left, below what looks to be a vast tent encampment; and, at right-upper-center, the
Pension Office north of Judiciary Square and the District Court House. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.
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