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Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treasury building, Washington, D.C., circa 1907-1914

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Alternate title:Pennsylvania Avenue, from U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C.
Summary:A color image of Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treasury building, Washington, D.C., with a view of the United States Capitol in the background, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "Pennsylvania, Ave., Washington, D.C., is the most historic thoroughfare in America. Over it have passed funeral corteges of each of our martyred Presidents, and after the Civil War, the entire Union Army marched through it to be reviewed by President Lincoln. It is the route of parade at each Presidential Inauguration when thousands of citizens come from every state to witness or partake in the festivities. It is 150 feet wide and the section here pictured, from the U.S. Treasury to the Capitol, is about one mile long." Postcard number: 61513.
Provider:W.B. Garrison, Inc.
Souvenir Post Card Co.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States
Place of origin – Region:District of Columbia
Place of origin – Settlement:Washington
Temporal subject: 1901-1910
1911-1920
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States
Geographical subject – Region:District of Columbia
Geographical subject – Settlement:Washington
Topical subjects:Streets
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:National Trust Library Postcard Collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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