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1. CAPV_970405_01.JPG: Capitol NW (Pennsylvania Avenue) This is a view up Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol. It's supposed to be a clear shot (so to speak) to the White House but that columned building at the end of the street is the US Treasury Building which blocks everything. The first Treasury Building was burned down by the British when they invaded in 1814. The second one burned down in 1833. Indecision about where to put the third Treasury Building led President Andrew Jackson to storm out of the White House and slam his walking cane on the spot where he demanded it be built immediately. The building thus blocked Pennsylvania Avenue, screwing up one of L'Enfant's original visions for the city. The building itself wasn't completed until after the Civil War, the grounds serving as a stable for the US Cavalry during the war. Originally, the State Department was on the same site but that moved to the ornate Old Executive Office Building in 1875. The oddly shaped building in the foreground on the right of Pennsylvania Avenue is the Canadian Embassy. On the left side of Pennsylvania Avenue, you can see the Old Post Office tower as well as the front-most tip of the red-roofed Federal Triangle buildings. This particular building is the Federal Trade Commission. The large white building to the left of that is the National Gallery of Art's East Wing. The building was designed by I.M. Pei and completed in 1978. The reflecting pool stands in front of the gallery. The large white statue to the right of the reflecting pool is the Peace Monument.
2. CAPV_970405_02.JPG: Capitol NW (through flowers) This shot was taken from the Capitol over the tulips that are planted around the building. You can see the Washington Monument to the left, the Natural History dome to the right of that, the National Gallery of Art dome to the right of that, and then the Old Post Office tower.
3. CAPV_970405_03.JPG: Capitol NWW (Federal Triangle) The white building in the center of the photo is the National Gallery of Art East Wing. The dome to the left of it is the dome from the Natural History Museum. You can see the Washington Monument and, behind it, the Lincoln Memorial on the left of that. The columned red-roof building that you see here is the Federal Trade Commission, the tip of the Federal Triangle buildings.
4. CAPV_970405_04.JPG: Capitol SWW (south Mall) Toward the middle of the picture is the reflecting pool. On this side of the pool, the white statue on the right is the Peace Memorial. The ones on the other side of the trees are the Union Square memorials. The circular building in the center of the picture is the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. To the right of that, the red building is the Smithsonian Castle, the Washington Monument, and the roof of the Lincoln Memorial just to the right of that. The dome to the right of that is from the Natural History museum and the building in front of that is the National Gallery of Art East Wing.
5. CAPV_970405_05.JPG: Capitol W (Washington Monument) A view west from the Capitol. The reflecting pool is directly ahead. The statues on this side of it are Union Square, with Ulysses S Grant on his horse being the tall statue in the middle. There is a statue with charging horses to the right of that, right before the trees, that's the subject of numerous other shots. The Mall and then the Washington Monument is directly behind the reflecting pool. The little building at the base of the Washington Monument is actually the Lincoln Memorial in the distance. Behind the Lincoln Memorial is Arlington Virginia. To the left of the Washington Monument, the red building is the Smithsonian Castle. The dome to the right is the dome from the Natural History museum. On the other side of the trees is the tower for the Old Post Office. The street on the far right is Pennsylvania Avenue. The one of the far left is Maryland Avenue.
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1997 photos: Since 1984, I've lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. From 1981 to 2002, photos were taken using a Pentax ME Super camera. From 1989 to 2002, I was doing all pictures as prints (instead of slides which I had grown up on). In 1997, at the age of 40, my photo obsession began and I started taking thousands of photos per year. In September, 2002, I switched to digital cameras and the number of photos exploded. Image quality is going to be variable because these are scans of slides and/or prints. The images shown here were scanned in two phases. In the early years of the website, I rescanned a selection of pre-digital images, all at fairly low quality settings. During the COVID pandemic, I launched the Great Rescanning Effort, rescanning ALL of my pre-digital images from various media (prints, slides, negatives, etc) at higher resolution and quality settings. Mutilple versions of images -- some from the initial scannning phase, some from prints, some from slides/negatives -- were posted so there are frequently duplicate images on the same page. At some point, I hope to have time to do a final review and get rid of the duplicates but that'll have to wait until all of the pre-digital images are finally posted. Trips this year: North Carolina (Dad), Florida (Mom), using a time share in Arkansas to visit Civil War sites in Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The Civil War became my excuse to see places I'd never been to in my life and it was a great motivator for 20 years or so.
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