Thrilling story of the wonderful Capitol Building and its marvelous decorations (1912)
Fry, Smith D. (Smith Dunbar), 1851-1929 · [Washington, D.C.?] : S.D. Fry · leaf 21
e De-partment. The marble building, with the dome, isthe New Art Museum. That tall shaft, 555 feet high,is the Washington Monument. The brown sandstonebuilding with tower and flag is the celebrated Smith-sonian Institution. That tall chimney to the leftis over the Bureau of Engraving and… … 21 Robert E. Lee, of the United States Army. He gaveup his rank, and his splendid home overlooking thiscity, to go into the Confederacy, and become themilitary chieftain of that cause. About one mile to the left of Arlington you seethree skeleton towers. Those towers constitute thekey of the…
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) · Art
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