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1. GWMTRE_200224_010.JPG: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection Albert H. Small began collecting in 1949. On a trip to New York City, he wandered into an antiquarian bookshop and unearthed this first Washingtoniana treasure: a manuscript notebook chronicling the boundary stones that define the District of Columbia. His interest in his hometown soon grew into a desire to collect, preserve, and share D.C. history, especially with young people. By 2018, Mr. Small had assembled more than 1,300 objects of prized Washingtoniana that illuminate both the city's local story and its history as the nation's capital. This exhibition samples several well represented areas of Mr. Small's collection: maps, the founding of Washington, D.C., the Civil War and President Lincoln in the city, and unique tourist memorabilia. "The history that you get from these things is very valuable. It is part of our heritage. If young people don't take an interest in these things, who is going to? If we don't have young people who care about these things, our cultural heritage is lost." -- Albert H. Small, Interview with GW students, 2015
2. GWMTRE_200224_012.JPG: Washington, Sacred to Memory, 1800 George Washington is remembered as a Revolutionary War hero in this rare print, made to honor him after his death in 1799. He wears his military uniform with his sword ready and sits in front of a window looking out on a military camp. A Society of the Cincinnati badge decorates his lapel, reminding viewers that he was the first president of that fraternal, patriotic organization of Continental Army officer veterans and their descendants.
3. GWMTRE_200224_018.JPG: Washington, ca 1840 This view depicts the City of Washington from Anacostia with the Anacostia River in the foreground. Early Washington developed slowly but surely. One of the biggest neighborhoods formed around the Navy Yard, whose shipyards are visible on the other side of the river.
4. GWMTRE_200224_026.JPG: Capture of the City of Washington James Cundee, 1815 In the War of 1812, British forces burned a large number of public buildings in DC. This image shows the fire destroying the Capitol (left) and White House (right). The British faced minimal resistance from the small American forces. While the British had not set out to damage private residences, a tornado struck DC during the attack. The storm put out the flames, but it also tore apart local residents' homes, adding to the destruction.
5. GWMTRE_200224_028.JPG: President James Monroe, Albemarle County, Va., to James Hoban, architect. James Monroe, September 26, 1817 After the British burned the White House in 1814, President James Madison was forced to find other accommodations. When James Monroe was elected president in 1816, the White House remained unfinished. In this letter, Monroe asks architect James Hoban to finish rebuilding the White House as quickly as possible. Monroe moved in the following month when it was still unfinished.
6. GWMTRE_200224_036.JPG: Old Brick Capitol, ca 1862 After the US Capitol was burned by the British in 1814, this building was constructed at First and A Streets, NE, for Congress's temporary use. Legislators met there from 1815 until 1819. Later it served as a Civil War prison. The US Supreme Court building occupies its location today.
7. GWMTRE_200224_039.JPG: Bank of Washington Note, 1810s Paper currency once was printed from engraved copper plates like these made for the Bank of Washington. In the early 19th century, the US government minted silver and gold coin money but did not issue paper bills. Patrons deposited their heavy federal coins at local banks in exchange for more easily handled paper bank notes. In turn the notes were redeemable for gold or silver. Modern reprint from original plate.
8. GWMTRE_200224_048.JPG: Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler, 1956 reprint of 1860 original Alexander Hesler took this portrait of Lincoln on June 3, 1860. In the previous month Lincoln had been named as the Republican Party's candidate for president. Republican officials commissioned Hesler to take photographs for the election campaign.
9. GWMTRE_200224_055.JPG: Relic from Lincoln's Death These bits of hair, wood, and bandage are examples of "Lincolniana" relics. After President Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, the public yearned for physical items associated with the martyred president. Mourners and souvenir hunters tore pieces of carpet and wallpaper from the presidential box where John Wilkes Booth ambushed the president. Abraham Lincoln's hair, wood from Ford's Theater, and bandage fragments from Lincoln's death room at the Peterson House, April 14 and 15, 1865
10. GWMTRE_200224_060.JPG: Abraham Lincoln's Hair, Wood from Ford's Theater and Bandage Fragments from Lincoln's Death Room at the Peterson House April 14th and 15th 1865 On the night of April 14, 1865 the mortally wounded President was carried to a back bedroom in the Peterson House dying there early in the morning of April 15th. Above is a fragment of gauze bandage that was used in the care of Lincoln showing "dark-colored spotting reminiscent of blood". The bondage fragment originated from the Herman Rudd Collection in Buffalo, NY and was previously in the collection of the Holland Purchase Historical Society. The hair strand originated from a lock sold at Christies in 2002 from the Forbes Collection and the wood taken from Ford's Theater during a former restoration.
11. GWMTRE_200224_080.JPG: The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural procession took place on March 4, 1861. The moment when the presidential carriage, conveying President-elect Lincoln and outgoing President James Buchanan, passed the Capitol gates is captured in this print. According to the article accompanying this print, the crowd pressed "upon the Presidential carriage so as to compel it to stop frequently... but the sight was very brilliant, and the crowd, enormous." Winslow Homer, artist; Harper's Weekly, publisher, wood engraving, March 16, 1861
12. GWMTRE_200224_089.JPG: Artilleryman at Fort Stevens, Washington, DC Unknown photographer, ca 1864 Fort Stevens was built to defend attacks from 7th Street Pike (now Georgia Avenue). It became famous because it was the only fort to be attacked during the Confederates only invasion of Washington DC. During that fight President Lincoln came under direct fire, narrowly escaping death.
13. GWMTRE_200224_094.JPG: National Farm School for Children of Colored Soldiers and Colored Orphans -- Eastern Branch, Washington DC Ferd. Mayer & Co., New York, c 1866 After the Civil War, the National Farm School for Children of Colored Soldiers and Colored Orphans was founded in DC. The school gave young African-American male instruction in farming as well as a traditional education. Founders of the school wanted to take advantage of the Homestead Act and prepare these boys to farm federal land out west.
14. GWMTRE_200224_100.JPG: No. 300 -- Engines Stored in Washington, DC, to Prevent their Falling into Rebel Hands, in case of a Raid on Alexandria. Cpt. Andrew Russel Jr., artist; US Army, publisher, ca 1862 This 1862 photograph shows steam locomotives stored on tracks on Maryland Avenue near the Mall. The US Army moved approximately three dozen train engines from the Orange and Alexandria Railroad out of Alexandria due to fear of a Confederate attack on the city. The Civil War was the first American war where trains were widely used.
15. GWMTRE_200224_106.JPG: To Arms! To Arms!! Fort Sumter Surrendered!! Unknown, broadside, April 1861 This recruiting poster from Painesville, Ohio calls for the state of Ohio to furnish its quota of 13,000 Union troops to defend Washington, DC from possible Confederate attack.
16. GWMTRE_200224_113.JPG: Manassas Junction After Its Evacuation by the Confederate Army -- Abandoned Fortifications, Camp, Wagons, and Burned Railroad Depots Edwin Forbes, ca 1862 Four Union soldiers overlook an abandoned Confederate camp at Manassas Junction, Virginia. Despite two decisive Confederate victories during the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, Manassas Junction was in Union hands for most of the war. At this time it was a strategically located railroad crossing, with rails leading to Richmond, and Washington DC.
17. GWMTRE_200224_119.JPG: Carver Barracks, Washington DC Charles Magnus & Co., lithograph, 1864 During the Civil War, Union forces commandeered land and buildings on Meridian Hill including those belonging to the Columbian College. The area became known as Carver Barracks. Walt Whitman devoted time to the patients at Carver Hospital during his time in Washington.
18. GWMTRE_200224_127.JPG: U.S. Civil War Camp Flag Printed wool and cotton bunting, U.S. Army, ca 1861-1863 This dramatic Union camp flag probably flew in front of a commanding officer's field tent. Its sturdy materials withstood the elements. It may also have been used to lead troops during drills.
19. GWMTRE_200224_131.JPG: The Seat of War / Bird's-Eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Joseph Schendler, artist; Sarony, Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing and Lithographic Co., New York, publisher, lithograph, 1861 Focusing on the state of Virginia, where most of the Civil War battles were fought, this map includes two smaller insert maps showing the city of Richmond and the entire Confederate States of America.
20. GWMTRE_200224_151.JPG: Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, La Nouvelle Jarsey. Orient et Occidentale. This early navigational chart details the colonies of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania off the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. It follows the tradition of early portolan (sailing) charts that were oriented with west facing the top, and north facing right. Colonial sailors relied on such charts for information on the water's depths, shoals, and inlets. Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, ca 1700.
21. GWMTRE_200224_157.JPG: Sheet 1, Surveys for Military Defenses, Map of North-Eastern Virginia, and Vicinity of Washington. The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies was published with an act of Congress between the years of 1891 and 1895 as a history of the Civil War. Consisting of 175 plates, of which this map is from one, the atlas portrays a wealth of information on battle lines, topography, and military strategy. W. Hesselback and J.J. Young; United States Government Printing Office, publisher, lithograph, 1895
22. GWMTRE_200224_164.JPG: Plan of Part of the City of Washington. Including part of the Hop-Yard, belonging to Dan Carroll, Esquire. Before the area comprising Washington, DC was designated as a federal district, private citizens owned the land. This hand-drawn map depicts part of the extensive Capitol Hill real estate owned by Daniel Carroll, one of the region's principal property owners. Nicholas King, print, ca 1795
23. GWMTRE_200224_170.JPG: Map of the Seat of War Showing the Battles of July 18, 21st, & Oct. 21st 1861. Union forces (indicated in blue) and red Confederates populate this map of two early Civil War battles fought near Washington, the First Bull Run and Ball's Bluff. Confederate forces soundly defeated the Union Army in both. Civilians purchased maps like this to track the war's progress. E.R. McLean, artist; A. Hoehn, Baltimore, lithographer; VP Corbett, publisher. Lithograph, 1861
24. GWMTRE_200224_186.JPG: Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Washington, DC. After 1886, when the District Commissioners approved the extension of Massachusetts Avenue, rural properties on the avenue between Rock Creek and the Washington Cathedral saw a wave of real estate interest. This map was used by a realtor to show perspective lot buyers their options, and has some lots stamped "sold." A smaller insert map within Observatory Circle shows the Massachusetts Avenue Heights area in relation to the greater northwest quadrant of Washington. DJ Howell, artist; Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Washington, DC, publisher, lithograph, 1900
25. GWMTRE_200224_194.JPG: Chart of the Head of Navigation of the Potomac River Shewing the Route of the Alexandria Canal The Alexandra Canal, featured in this nautical chart, formed the southern half of the canal system that connected Cumberland, Maryland with Alexandria. Barges traveled via the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland to Georgetown, and then across the Potomac River by means of the Potomac Aqueduct. The aqueduct enabled the boats to cross the Potomac River without descending to the river level. The Alexandria Canal then ran south from Rosslyn on the western bank of the Potomac. Lt. Col. Kearney and Capt. William Turnbull, engraving, 1848
26. GWMTRE_200224_204.JPG: Topographical Map of the Original District of Columbia and Environs Showing the Fortifications Around the City of Washington. This map by E.G. Arnold was one of the most detailed available when it was printed in 1862. In addition to terrain, transportation routes, and the street grid, it also pinpoints forts and batteries protecting Washington, as well as hospitals and camps. Afraid of the potential disaster should it fall into enemy hands, War Department agents confiscated all available copies, while others destroyed the lithographic stone. E.G. Arnold, artist; G. Woolworth Colton, publisher Engraving, 1862
27. GWMTRE_200224_208.JPG: The Old Soldier's Home where the Lincoln Cottage is is there by Ft. Slenmer.
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Description of Subject Matter: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
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A selection of maps, letters, prints, and artifacts on display from the museum’s Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection includes recent acquisitions and rare treasures.
Mr. Small, a third-generation Washingtonian, first became interested in historical collecting after serving in the Navy during World War II. In 2011, Mr. Small donated his unrivaled Washingtoniana collection—nearly sixty years in the making—to GW. The collection documents the formation, development and history of Washington from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
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