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Title: Washington monument, Richmond, Va
Description: Shows the monument sculpted by Thomas Crawford and Randolph Rogers installed at Capitol Square in 1850. Sculpture includes figure of Washington on horseback and six smaller figures of important Virginians including Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. View includes church steeples in the background., Unmounted stereographic print with paper backing pasted on verso., Title inscribed on image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - Virginia [5737.F.17a]

Title: Washington Monument, Baltimore, Md
Description: View looking east from West Monument Street showing the Washington Monument constructed 1815-1829 after designs by Robert Mills in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The 178-foot doric column is visible from the street flanked by large brownstone mansions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [8353.F.24]

Title: Washington Monument, Baltimore, Md
Description: View looking east from West Monument Street showing the Washington Monument constructed 1815-1829 after designs by Robert Mills in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The 178-foot doric column is visible from the street flanked by large brownstone mansions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [8353.F.24]

Title: Washington monument and fountain, entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Souvenir card showing the Washington Monument with fountain designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 at Fairmount Park, Pa. Depicts the equestrian bronze statue of George Washington attired in a tri-corn hat and uniform atop a pedestal from which water flows. The pedestal is decorated with allegorical figures representing America and also the Delaware, Hudson, Potomac, and Mississippi Rivers. Around the base comprised of multiple steps and near life-size figures of American animals, including a buffalo and a bear. A row of trees is visible in the background. The monument was moved in 1928 following the completion of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Series number in right corner on recto: 18769., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.24]

Title: [Washington Monument, Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Photographer William Doering (left), Albert Lindsay (center) and an unidentified man stand in front of the monument with their bicycles. Other men admire the monument in the background. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts the monument at Green Street entrance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.34]

Title: Panorama of Washington. [graphic] : First in war. First in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
Description: Created postfreeze., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Described in Georges Malpass's "A Check List 'Rose' and 'Panorama' Envelopes of the Civil War" in American Philatelist (March 1953), p. 430-442., Civil War envelope insert containing a portrait of George Washington above 25 vignette views of federal buildings and prominent sites in Washington, D.C., a bird's-eye view of the city, and patriotic vignettes. Prominent sites depicted include the Capitol, interiors of the House of Representatives and Senate; U.S. Post Office; U.S. Treasury; Observatory; White House; Military Asylum; Columbia Armory; War Department; Jackson Monument; Willard Hotel; U.S. Navy Yard; U.S. Arsenal; Matthew Church; City Hall; Trinity Church; Georgetown College; view of Georgetown; National Hotel; Lunatic Asylum; U.S. Patent Office; Smithsonian Institute; Mills statue of Washington; and the building dedicated to the Fine Arts. Patriotic vignettes show Washington as a general during the American Revolution; the Washington monument; and the figure of Liberty. Also includes vignettes of Mount Vernon and the Tomb of Washington.
Creator: Magnus, Charles., creator
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept **GC - Views - U.S. - Washington, D.C. [(2)5786.F.182b]

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