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1. NGSADM_200609_01.JPG: Boarded up because of BLM protests.
2. NGSADM_200609_11.JPG: Some of this wood was really pretty high quality -- not just plywood.
3. NGSADM_200607_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2020_DC_NGS_Admin DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) (18 photos from 2020)
  Boarded up because of BLM protests.
4. NGSADM_190323_001_STITCH.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2019_DC_NGS_Admin DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) (42 photos from 2019)
5. NGSADM_190323_065.JPG: N.C. Wyeth 1927
6. NGSADM_190323_102.JPG: N.C. Wyeth 1927
7. NGSADM_190323_145.JPG: As a preliminary step in the formation of a geographic society in the District of Columbia, the following invitation was issued: Washington, DC January 10, 1888 Dear Sir; You are invited to be present at a meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, on Friday evening, January 13, at 8 o'clock pm, for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. Very respectfully yours, Gardiner G. Hubbbard A.W. Greeley, Chief Signal Officer, USA J.R. Bartlett, Commander, USN Henry Mitchell, US Coast and Geod. Survey Henry Gannett, U.S. Geol. Survey A.H. Thompson, U.S. Geol. Survey and Others
8. NGSADM_190323_149.JPG: Standing Herbert G. Ogden, Typographer Arthur F. Davis, Chief Engineer Gilbert Thompson, Topographer Marcus Baker, Cartographer George Kennan, Author, Lecturer, and Explorer Sitting: Charles J. Bell, Banker
9. NGSADM_190323_152.JPG: Standing: (partial) George Kennan, Author, Lecturer, and Explorer James Howard Gore, Educator Frank Baker, Anatomist (just below him) W.B. Powell, Educator (hand on table) O.H. Tittmann, Geodesis, President 1915-19 Henry W. Henshaw, Naturalist George Brown Goode, Naturalist and Author Sitting: Israel C. Russell, Geologist George W. Melville, Commodore, USN A.W. Greeley, Explorer, Brig. Gen. USA Grove Karl Gilbert, Geologist, President 1904-05
10. NGSADM_190323_158.JPG: Left side: Standing: Henry W. Henshaw, Naturalist George Brown Goode, Naturalist and Author Sitting: A.W. Greely, Explorer, Brig. Gen. USA Grove Karl Gilbert, Geologist, President 1904-05 Standing: (Above globe) John Wesley Powell, Natuarlist and Explorer Cleveland Abbe, Metereologist Henry Mitchell, Engineer Robert Muldrow II, Geogolist [sic] Sitting: Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Lawyer, President 1888-97
11. NGSADM_190323_169.JPG: A Legacy of Service Six generations of one stories family have been inextricably linked to the National Geographic Society since the organization was established in 1888 "for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Gardiner Greene Hubbard, one of National Geographic's 33 founders, was elected its first president. His son-in-law, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, succeeded him as president in 1898. Bell saw the organization as one that would allow anyone interested in the world to participate. Bell understood, as his son-in-law and National Geographic magazine's first full-time editor, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, stated years later, that: "The simplest man takes pride in supporting research." Members of the Grosvenor family who followed employed their energy, imagination, and enthusiasm to expand the reach of the Society, whose mission today is to inspire people to care about the planet. Gilbert Grosvenor's son, Melville Bell Grosvenor, transformed the magazine into a full-color publication, launched the Society's book division, and ushered National Geographic into the world of television. His son, Gilbert M. Grosvenor, who stepped up to the editor's post in 1970 until assuming the role of Society president in 1980, tackled controversial stories avoided by earlier editors, started World magazine for kids, and established an education foundation to expand geographic literacy for young people. The most recent Grosvenor to serve the organization is Gilbert M. Grosvenor's daughter, Dr. Alexandra Grosvenor Eller, who was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2009. A physician with an interest in promoting health across the globe, Grosvenor Eller says that the Society "has always been an integral part of my life and has shaped my vision of the world as an interconnected community." "I possess only the same general interest in geography that should be felt by every educated man," Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the Society's first president said at the organization's inaugural meeting in 1888. It was Alexander Graham Bell, here pictured near the Society headquarters, who set the mandate for the Society's magazine when he asked its editor and his son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor in 1902 for "details of living interest beautifully illustrated by photographs." Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the magazine's editor for 55 years, at the foot of a giant sequoias in 1915. On his return from the trip he gave $20,000 in Society funds to help buy Giant Forest and add it to Sequoia National Park. Melville Bell Grosvenor, named Editor and President in 1957, with camera in hand at Angkor Way, Cambodia in 1959. Grosvenor, a man of unbounded joy and impulsiveness, had, a colleague remarked, "the enthusiasm of several twelve-year olds." Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Editor and later President of the Society and then Chairman of the Board until his retirement in 2010, opened the Magazine to a more unflinching view of the world, answering critics, by insisting "the magazine is not changing, the world is..." Life in a family scheme of planetary (and cultural) awareness influenced Dr. Alexander Grosvenor Eller to specialize in [???]. As Board Trustee, "Lex" [???] represents a sixth generation of family service to the National Geographic Society.
12. NGSADM_170314_001_STITCH.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2017_DC_NGS_Admin DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) (32 photos from 2017)
13. NGSADM_170314_005.JPG: Sylvia Earle
14. NGSADM_170314_033.JPG: NC Wyeth 1927
15. NGSADM_170314_094.JPG: A Legacy of Service Six generations of one stories family have been inextricably linked to the National Geographic Society since the organization was established in 1888 "for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Gardiner Greene Hubbard, one of National Geographic's 33 founders, was elected its first president. His son-in-law, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, succeeded him as president in 1898. Bell saw the organization as one that would allow anyone interested in the world to participate. Bell understood, as his son-in-law and National Geographic magazine's first full-time editor, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, stated years later, that: "The simplest man takes pride in supporting research." Members of the Grosvenor family who followed employed their energy, imagination, and enthusiasm to expand the reach of the Society, whose mission today is to inspire people to care about the planet. Gilbert Grosvenor's son, Melville Bell Grosvenor, transformed the magazine into a full-color publication, launched the Society's book division, and ushered National Geographic into the world of television. His son, Gilbert M. Grosvenor, who stepped up to the editor's post in 1970 until assuming the role of Society president in 1980, tackled controversial stories avoided by earlier editors, started World magazine for kids, and established an education foundation to expand geographic literacy for young people. The most recent Grosvenor to serve the organization is Gilbert M. Grosvenor's daughter, Dr. Alexandra Grosvenor Eller, who was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2009. A physician with an interest in promoting health across the globe, Grosvenor Eller says that the Society "has always been an integral part of my life and has shaped my vision of the world as an interconnected community." "I possess only the same general interest in geography that should be felt by every educated man," Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the Society's first president said at the organization's inaugural meeting in 1888. It was Alexander Graham Bell, here pictured near the Society headquarters, who set the mandate for the Society's magazine when he asked its editor and his son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor in 1902 for "details of living interest beautifully illustrated by photographs." Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the magazine's editor for 55 years, at the foot of a giant sequoias in 1915. On his return from the trip he gave $20,000 in Society funds to help buy Giant Forest and add it to Sequoia National Park. Melville Bell Grosvenor, named Editor and President in 1957, with camera in hand at Angkor Way, Cambodia in 1959. Grosvenor, a man of unbounded joy and impulsiveness, had, a colleague remarked, "the enthusiasm of several twelve-year olds." Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Editor and later President of the Society and then Chairman of the Board until his retirement in 2010, opened the Magazine to a more unflinching view of the world, answering critics, by insisting "the magazine is not changing, the world is..." Life in a family scheme of planetary (and cultural) awareness influenced Dr. Alexander Grosvenor Eller to specialize in [???]. As Board Trustee, "Lex" [???] represents a sixth generation of family service to the National Geographic Society.
16. NGSADM_170314_101.JPG: A Legacy of Service Six generations of one stories family have been inextricably linked to the National Geographic Society since the organization was established in 1888 "for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Gardiner Greene Hubbard, one of National Geographic's 33 founders, was elected its first president. His son-in-law, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, succeeded him as president in 1898. Bell saw the organization as one that would allow anyone interested in the world to participate. Bell understood, as his son-in-law and National Geographic magazine's first full-time editor, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, stated years later, that: "The simplest man takes pride in supporting research." Members of the Grosvenor family who followed employed their energy, imagination, and enthusiasm to expand the reach of the Society, whose mission today is to inspire people to care about the planet. Gilbert Grosvenor's son, Melville Bell Grosvenor, transformed the magazine into a full-color publication, launched the Society's book division, and ushered National Geographic into the world of television. His son, Gilbert M. Grosvenor, who stepped up to the editor's post in 1970 until assuming the role of Society president in 1980, tackled controversial stories avoided by earlier editors, started World magazine for kids, and established an education foundation to expand geographic literacy for young people. The most recent Grosvenor to serve the organization is Gilbert M. Grosvenor's daughter, Dr. Alexandra Grosvenor Eller, who was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2009. A physician with an interest in promoting health across the globe, Grosvenor Eller says that the Society "has always been an integral part of my life and has shaped my vision of the world as an interconnected community."
17. NGSADM_170314_103.JPG: "I possess only the same general interest in geography that should be felt by every educated man," Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the Society's first president said at the organization's inaugural meeting in 1888. It was Alexander Graham Bell, here pictured near the Society headquarters, who set the mandate for the Society's magazine when he asked its editor and his son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor in 1902 for "details of living interest beautifully illustrated by photographs." Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the magazine's editor for 55 years, at the foot of a giant sequoias in 1915. On his return from the trip he gave $20,000 in Society funds to help buy Giant Forest and add it to Sequoia National Park.
18. NGSADM_170314_105.JPG: National Geographic gratefully acknowledges leadership donors to The Fund for Exploration [List includes David H. Koch, J. W. Marriott Jr., Vicki and Roger Sant] National Geographic created the Fund for Exploration to address a new era of challenges and opportunities facing our planet. In the image of the original 33 founders of National Geographic in 1888, the Society again seeks a small group of leaders -- 33 visionary individuals for the 21st century -- to become its closest partners in ensuring exploration thrives into the next century and beyond.
19. NGSADM_170314_107.JPG: As a preliminary step in the formation of a geographic society in the District of Columbia, the following invitation was issued: Washington DC, January 10, 1888. Dear Sir: You are invited to be present at a meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, on Friday evening, January 13, at 8 o'clock pm, for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.
20. NGSADM_170314_116.JPG: This table is supposed to be related to the one shown in the painting
21. NGSADM_150319_001.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2015_DC_NGS_Admin DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) (25 photos from 2015)
22. NGSADM_150319_007.JPG: Gardiner Greene Hubbard Memorial Building Erected Anno Domini MCMII
23. NGSADM_150319_102.JPG: As a preliminary step in the formation of a geographic society in the District of Columbia, the following invitation was issued: Washington, DC January 10, 1888 Dear Sir; You are invited to be present at a meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, on Friday evening, January 13, at 8 o'clock pm, for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. Very respectfully yours, Gardiner G. Hubbbard A.W. Greeley, Chief Signal Officer, USA J.R. Bartlett, Commander, USN Henry Mitchell, US Coast and Geod. Survey Henry Gannett, U.S. Geol. Survey A.H. Thompson, U.S. Geol. Survey and Others
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