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Title

  • Washington walkbook

Summary

  • Pictures show undeveloped scenic areas in and around Washington, D.C., particularly on the Potomac River. Includes views of Great Falls; C&O Canal; canal barges; Canal Road and trolley; lock tavern at Great Falls; Little Falls; Pennyfield Lock; Stubblefield Falls; Mather Gorge; Chain Bridge; Cabin John Bridge; Cleft Island; stone gate at Scott's Run; Prospect Rock; Harper's Ferry and Burnt Mills (Md.); Potomac River near Glen Echo. Also, "Spring in Rock Creek Park"; bridges in Rock Creek Park; Fairfax (Va.) Court House; Sugarloaf Mountain; Fort Barnard trenches; summits of the Blue Ridge; Riggs Mill (Md.); Rock Creek cemetery; the Pan American Union building gardens; Acqueduct Bridge; Mount Vernon; St. Paul's Church; Smithsonian Institution; St. John's Church; Franklin Park; apse of the Washington Cathedral; Arlington Cemetery; Old Soldiers' Home; view of Washington from the Virginia side of the Potomac; and Georgetown.

Names

  • Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950, artist

Created / Published

  • ca. 1918.

Headings

  • -  Facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920
  • -  Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920
  • -  Washington Region--1910-1920
  • -  Potomac River--1910-1920

Headings

  • Drawings--1910-1920.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1920.
  • Reproductions--1910-1920.
  • Watercolors--1910-1920.

Genre

  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1920
  • Drawings--1910-1920
  • Reproductions--1910-1920
  • Watercolors--1910-1920

Notes

  • -  This notebook, titled Washington Walkbook, was apparently intended for publication by the American Geographical Society, New York, in 1922. Includes sketches, watercolors, gelatin silver photographic prints (20 x 25 cm. or smaller), and a typed introduction by Robert Latou Dickinson. The Manuscript Division holds a typewritten literary manuscript by Robert Latou Dickinson, a gift of the author in 1942.
  • -  LOT title from notebook cover; other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana Photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
  • -  Includes photographic prints from: Harris & Ewing, F. L. Scribner, Ernest L. Crandall, and Charles Marting.
  • -  Gift; Robert Latou Dickinson; 1941.

Medium

  • 1 notebook (ca. 85 drawings, 23 photographic prints, 5 reproductions).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 3425 (OH) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004667147

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dickinson, Robert Latou, Artist. Washington Walkbook. Potomac River Washington Region Washington D.C, ca. 1918. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004667147/.

APA citation style:

Dickinson, R. L. (ca. 1918) Washington Walkbook. Potomac River Washington Region Washington D.C, ca. 1918. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004667147/.

MLA citation style:

Dickinson, Robert Latou, Artist. Washington Walkbook. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004667147/>.