Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Animated map of the development plan of the Treasury Department building in 1834. View of the landmark Treasury Department building. The American flag flutters in wind from a flagpole atop the building. The statue of the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in front of the building.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Animation shows: development plan of the landmark Washington Monument in the year 1848. View of the Washington Monument. A boat underway in Potomac River in the foreground.
Landmark buildings reviewed during sesquicentennial in Washington DC. The Old Patent Office Building built in 1835. The American flag flutters in wind from a flagpole atop the building. The City Hall occupied by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC and some of the city's landmark buildings. The Smithsonian Institution Building located on the National Mall built in the year 1846. View of the State Department Building and the Pension Office. The Post Office at Pennsylvania Avenue and the new Agriculture Department Building. View of a garden in front of the National Mall.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Still image of snow covered railroad train tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Station at corner of 6th and B streets, cutting across the Mall. Animation shows: a model of Washington DC made by McMillan Commission in the year 1901. Elevated view of the landmark Union Station train station from roughly the 1920s, and view of the Plaza and new city Post Office building. Model shows the location of the station. 1908 Officers Buildings and the building for members of the House of Representatives. The Treasury Department Building for the Bureau of Revenue and building for the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Early view from 1920s of the West Wing of the White House. View of building housing the Corcoran Art Gallery. American National Red Cross building and National Headquarters building for the Daughters of the American Revolution. View of the Pan American Union building. National Academy of Sciences building exterior.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Recounting of the development of washington, DC. View of the Lincoln Memorial and the reflecting pool. Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French inside the memorial. Cherry trees at the West Potomac Park. The National Museum on the National Mall and Freer Gallery of Art. The Botanical Gardens. Union Square with statues of General Grant and General Meade. The old Interior Department building. Navy Ammunition building and temporary World War buildings. View of the Supreme Court building.
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