From the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies

Category: Collection Spotlight

Architecture Collection Spotlight Monuments National Mall

The Original Washington Monument Design

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

E. Warren, “The Washington National Monument,” published by James Charles Armytage, c. 1855. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 2017.2.

Collection Spotlight Presidents White House

Easter Egg Roll at the White House: A Time Capsule of America’s Racial and Religious History

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

Black and white photo of a man in a suit jacket and pants with a young girl in a dress and hat, in front of the White House. — Printed postcard showing the White House grounds on Easter Monday in 1898. Photo originally taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952). Albert H Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 957.

Emma Cieslik, M.A. ’23, Museum Studies

Architecture Collection Spotlight National Mall

Renwick’s Castle on the National Mall

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

A colored woodcut lithograph depicting the Smithsonian Institute Castle from the National Mall in 1855, with throngs of pedestrians walking in the foreground. The image is labeled “View of the Smithsonian Institute - Washington City.”

“View of the Smithsonian Institute – Washington City,” Harper’s Weekly, c. 1855. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 51.