A pamphlet with a large bird's-eye view of Washington D.C.

OLSEN, William.

Washington: The City that No Patriotic American Can Visit Without a Better Realization of the Value of His Citizenship. [with] Washington: The Beautiful Capital of the Nation. Baltimore and Ohio: America's First Railroad; Washington's First Railroad.
Washington, 1923. Pamphlet, 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 48, half tone illustrations, with wood engraved view, sheet 550 x 800mm, loose.

Binding folds of view flattened.

A tourist's guidebook to Washington, with photographic images of the important sights, with an incredibly detailed folding bird's-eye view of the city. Taken from above the Library of Congress, with the Capitol and the offices of the Senate and House of Representatives in the foreground, it looks up a little east of north, towards Chevy Chase, with the Lincoln Memorial and the Arlington Cemetery top left and Howard University top right. The important buildings, like the White House, Treasury and The Washington Times are named and an extensive key allowing them to be located is underneath. On the reverse is a plan of the B&O lines from New York via Washington to Chicago and St Louis.
The text box bottom right notes that, despite being a 'bird's-eye view', William Olsen sketched it from the ground, taking two years. The text describes the view as ''the most remarkable map picture that has ever been made'' and Olsen as ''the greatest Bird's-Eye View artist in the country''.
The guidebook was published as advertising for the Baltimore and Ohio Road, with eight pages of description of their services. The view was originally published in a larger format in 1921 and adapted for this publication.


Stock ID : 20762