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Charles O. Scull, holder of copyright
Guide to Washington Presented with the Compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 1892
52-page Illustrated Guide to What to See and Where to Go When Visiting the Nation's Capital and Environs
$40
Item Details
Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, 1892, paper wraps
VG
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] [RAILROADS] [GUIDEBOOK] Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. Booklet titled Guide to Washington Presented with the Compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. (Baltimore: B&O Railroad Co., 1892). Copyrighted by Charles O. Scull. Printed at the Press of The John D. Lucas Printing Co., Baltimore, Maryland.
Illustrated paper wraps; [2-page map], 51, [1] pp; illustrations; several full-page ads. Booklet measures 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Ink stamp of the distributor, “D. D. Courtney / Passenger Agent, B. & O. R. R. / Reading, PA” on the front cover. Penciled period notes on several pages, not affecting overall appearance; several corners creased at lower right, including that of the front cover. VG condition. [22-15]
The 2-page map is titled “Map of Washington / Specially Drawn and Engraved / for the B and O / Guide to Washington” and shows two branches of the B. & O. R. R. coming in to Washington, D. C. towards the B. & O. Depot several blocks from the Capitol.
Designed as a tourist guide to D. C., the booklet includes a history of the city and its physical lay-out and descriptions of the Capitol, the Botanical Garden, Smithsonian, National Museum, Washington Monument, President’s House, Corcoran Art Gallery, State Department, Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Coast Survey, War Department, Army Medical Museum, Navy Department, National Observatory, Naval Hospital, US Barracks, Marine Barracks, Dept of Interior, Pension Office, US Patent Office, Post Office Dept, Government Printing Office, Dept of Justice, Dept of Agriculture, US Fish Ponds, US States Fish Commission, Soldiers” Home, National Military Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, and Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The text also describes the communities of Georgetown, Alexandria, Bladensburg, and Arlington. Listed are Washington Hotels, Theatres, Hack Rates, Telegraph Stations, Churches (including Baptist-Colored, Catholic-Colored, Congregational-Colored, Episcopal-Colored, Methodist Episcopal-Colored, Presbyterian-Colored, and Swedenborgian-Colored), and Clubs. Hints to Visitors and the location of Points of Interest complete the text.
With many full-page illustrations of some of the places mentioned, this 1892 guidebook issued by the B&O Railroad was an attractive souvenir of someone’s trip to the nation’s capital city.
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