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![[A view of Council Bluffs as seen from the cupola of Washington Avenue School]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYS12aWV3LW9mLWNvdW5jaWwtYmx1ZmZzLWFzLXNlZW4tZnJvbS10aGUtY3Vwb2xhLW9mLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tYXZlbnVlLXNjaG9vbC1jODc3MGQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/56/jpg "[A view of Council Bluffs as seen from the cupola of Washington Avenue School]")
![[San Francisco, view toward Nob Hill, from Russian Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby12aWV3LXRvd2FyZC1ub2ItaGlsbC1mcm9tLXJ1c3NpYW4taGlsbC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[San Francisco, view toward Nob Hill, from Russian Hill]")
![[A view of Council Bluffs as seen from the cupola of Washington Avenue School]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYS12aWV3LW9mLWNvdW5jaWwtYmx1ZmZzLWFzLXNlZW4tZnJvbS10aGUtY3Vwb2xhLW9mLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tYXZlbnVlLXNjaG9vbC02NDY3MzctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[A view of Council Bluffs as seen from the cupola of Washington Avenue School]")
![[View of ceremony from Treasury Department steps. Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvdmlldy1vZi1jZXJlbW9ueS1mcm9tLXRyZWFzdXJ5LWRlcGFydG1lbnQtc3RlcHMtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[View of ceremony from Treasury Department steps. Washington, D.C.]")
![[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvZWFybHktcGhvdG9ncmFwaGljLXZpZXctb2Ytd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1mcm9tLXRoZS1jYXBpdG9sLWxvb2tpbmctc291dGhlYXN0LWQxZWY1MS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast]")
![[Group on steps of Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtb24tc3RlcHMtb2YtcGFuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXVuaW9uLWJ1aWxkaW5nLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNC02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Group on steps of Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[View of street corner near U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvdmlldy1vZi1zdHJlZXQtY29ybmVyLW5lYXItdXMtY2FwaXRvbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[View of street corner near U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another view]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYnJvYWR3YXktbGFuZGluZy12YS1mZWRlcmFsLW9yZG5hbmNlLWF0LXRoZS1kZXBvdC1hbm90aGVyLXZpZXctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another view]")
