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portraits of Jose Rizal Emelio Auguin-
aldo and others, including a number of
prominent Americans have been collected.
To supplement this portrait gallery there
have been gathered many reproductions
of paintings of historic scenes and land
marks, catalogue of which alone would
vividIy summarize American political
events for the last three centuries. Per-
haps the most striking of these is a great
Photographic enlargement of the original
Declaration of independence, showing
the signatures of men who by their act of
signing this epochal document made
themselves forever famous.
A novel bit of history collected by Mr..
W. dec RaveneI. who had charge of the
installation of the whole exhibit and who
is the representative of the institution
and museum on the government board.
and lent through the courtesy of Mr..
Glenn Brown, is the development Of the
United States Capitol building shown by
architects elevations. including those of
Thornton and Walter. and views al dl!leT-
ent periods, especially before and after
the burning by the British in 1914.
graphic story of the advance In clVlil-
Zatiou is embodied in the models OF va
rious means of water and land tranSpor-
taton. On sea, from the Santa Maria
of Columbus. the Susan Constant of the
jamestown settlers. the Half Moon or
Henry Hudson ard the Maytiower of the
Pilgrims. great progress Is pictured
through Robert Fu!ton's Clermont. the
first really successful steamboat, and the
Savannah, the first steamboat to cross
the Atlantic, TO the palatial ships of to-
day that can carry the population Of a
fair-szed town. ON land the contrast Is
even greater. The story begins with the
primitive travos and s'ed of the Indians,
runs through the 'caTreta or oX-Magon
of New Mexico. the clumsy Red river
cart of the Dakotas and British Column
bia, the American stage coach that play
cd so important a part In the early days,
the locomotive of John Stevens. the frst
III America of which there * reliable
record and the locomotive John Bull or
the Camden and Amnoy Railroad Com
pany. the oldest complete locomotive IN
America. that made its historic run NO
vember II. 1881, from Bordentown. N J.,
and finally ends with the powerful cross
continent engines that now whiz over the
plains traversed at sucn cost or weary
toll "A haif-ccntury ago.
\ special case shows various features
of the original work of Prof Joseph
henry, the first secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, In his researches III
electrical science Prof. Henry discovered
and applied the magnetic property OF
electricity which has since been develop
ed INTO many different I0rlnS edCn ol
vital Importance to mankind.
Two general features of unique inter-
est are III ; history of photography and
the history OF medicine in America. The
exhibit showing the history OF medicine
in America consists mainly of photo
graphs OF noted doctors, though por-
ton is given over to show the weird
methods of disease treatment by the
Indians.
Relating more particularly to the west
and its development are three rather un-
They include the early California mis-
siors with their picturesque foWer-cov-
cred surroundings. the Russian Orthodox
Church IN snow-clai Alaska. and the
Mormon Church of the Salt Lake region.
In the California mission exhibit are in
cluded large model of the Santa Bar
bara Mission founded in 1885 as type
of the modified RomaneSqua architecture
Of the region. and a series of paintings of
San Luis ReN. San Gabriel, San Juan, San
Diego and other missions lent by r. j.
lardson The X ~SSian orthodox
Church is represented by models of cathe-
draIs portraits of prominent priests and
bishops and banners, robes. books and
ceremonial instruments. Similarly the
history OF the Church of the Latter ay
Saints. or Mormon Church. isr shown by
n gallery Of such men as the first presi-
cent ard founder, Joseph Smith, Brigham
Young the founder OF Utah. and scores
of others a collection Of works of gen
eral literature. and relics. recalling the