Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
EXHIBIT PICTURES
CAPITALS BEAUTY
Past, Present and Future De-
y
picted in Display at Wash.
ington Building.

Inaugural visitors will see the scenic
beauty and wealth of natural wonders
as we'll as the social. educational and
industrial advantages of the National
Capital In an elaborate polarization Of
Washington. Past, Present and Future"
now on exhibit on the first floor of the
Washington Building, Fifteenth street
and New York avenue. The exhibit,
which opened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and which will remain open each
day to Wednesday, is presented by the
entertainment committee OF the general
inaugural committee, of which E. c.
Graham is chairman.
The spacious ground floor where the
exhibit is being held Is divided into
three groups. Washington in the Past"
with maps, beaverboard charts and
pictures displaying scenes of embryo
Washington, occupying section on the
right near the New York avenue en-
trance to the building and similar ex-
hibits depicting the Capitals Future"
anticipated beauty when the completion
of proposed projects Is realized. The
entire rear of the floor near the exit to
G street is filled with displays por-
traying Present" Washington.
Pictures Date to 1881.
Pictures of the city dating back to
1851. when Indian wigwams were scat
tered over the mud soil in Georgetown,
hang prominently beside others por-
traying the gradual growth and develop
ment of the Capital under the L'Enfant
plan conceived in 1892, when the
Potomac River bordering on the SOUTH
west was spelled "Potowmack." The
burning of the White House by the
British in 1912 Is shown. together with
scenes from the early times when Wash
ington began to develop by leaps and
bounds from 1885 to 1901.
The District Of Columbia Federation
OF Music Clubs will maintain an elabo-
rate section In the present" Washing
ton division and will retain two Of its
the out-of-town visitors the oppor-
tunities Washington offers students in
the musical world and explain the cur
rent musical activities in the city. Mrs.
j. NJ Stoddard, president Of the local
federation, and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
first vice president, will direct the ac-
tivities of dispensing information.
just around the corner on the other
side of the floor Is fully equipped
scientific experiment laboratory. pre-
sented by the United States Naval Re-
search Laboratory here, showing activ-
tiles of the laboratory in scientific re-
search work. The exhibit will be in
charge of r. B. Carlton, naval labora-
torian.
Industrial Washington Is depicted by
large displays Of manufacturing anG
business centers and illustrated exhibit.
showing their location and explaining
their relative local and national i'm
portance.
Industries Listed.
The manufacturing industries in the
National Capital are listed under the
classification of airplanes. awnings.
boxes, bricks, carpets. dental goods, dra-
peries, educational products. -four, flags,
| mattresses. models. motor trucks. mir
rors, printing paper, perfumes. pottery.
surgical appliances, tents. toys. uphol-
stery and window shades.
1t also points out that there are in
Washington go embassies and legations
of foreign countries and four active air
| ports. The Union Station is pictured
as one of the largest and most pict,ir-
esque stations In the world and is the
terminus of eight great railroads. run
ming PIT trains in and out Of the sta
ton daily and receiving and discharg-
ing more than $4,000 passengers q day.
HOLOIndC 1arQS, near hiexdnQTld, va,
are pictured as among the largest and
best equipped freight yards In the
United States.
Future" Washington displays maps
and charts and few engineers draw
ings of the beautiful new proposed
parkways and boulevards and the
spacious road proposed in the Cramton
bill. which would begin at the Memo
rial Bridge and extend to Great Falls
along the District side. The proposed
extension of Sixteenth street to the
Brookville pike Is also displayed as well
as the proposed Avenue of States
which would group the permanent ex-
hibition halls and headquarters build
ings TO each of the States along East
| Capitol street to the Anacostia River,
which Is being looked to as an ideal
sight for the erection of large stadium
where open-air circuses and olympic
games could be held.
|
The Island of Trinidad. British West