Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Columbian Institute
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- United States Botanic Garden
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- For further information on the Botanic Garden, see James M. Goode's "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings," pgs. 314-315.
- Summary
- Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 68, Folder: 5
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1900s
- Standard number
- 2004-4101
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Aerial views
- Aerial
- Landscape
- Panoramic photographs
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 14w x 11h; Type of Image: Aerial; Panoramic photographs; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Aerial photographs
- Buildings--Washington, D.C
- Photography, Panoramic
- Railroads--Trains
- Street photography
- Trains
- Aerial views
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11641
