Washington DC: National Gallery of Art - Pei's Tetrahedron skylights

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Washington DC: National Gallery of Art - Pei's Tetrahedron skylights

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The National Gallery of Art, administered by the Smithsonian Institute, was established on the National in 1938 by the United States Congress with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon, major art works donated by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Italian art contributions from Samuel Henry Kress, and more than 2,000 sculptures, paintings, pieces of decorative art, and porcelains from Joseph E. Widener.

The museum comprises two building, the West Building, and the East Building, which are linked by a spacious underground concourse resting beneath a series of terahedron "crystal" skylights. The West Building, composed of pink Tennessee marble, was designed in 1937 by architect John Russell Pope. Pope’s neoclassical style features a central pavilion with a gigantic columned portico and a massive dome, flanked by large, symmetrical east and west wings. In contrast, East Building, which was designed in 1978 by I.M. Pei, is sharply geometrical and fragmented. The H-shaped façade is similarly faced in pink marble from the same quarry. To emphasize the sharp angles, though, lighter stone was used for the vertical corners. The sharp fin of the west corner cleaves the air at an angle of 19.5 degrees and rises 107 feet above ground.

The West Building has an extensive collection of paintings and sculptures by European masters from the medieval period through the late 19th century, as well as pre-20th century works by American artists. The East Building focuses on modern and contemporary art. The East Building also contains the main offices of the NGA and a large research facility, Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA). To the west of the West Building, across Seventh Street, is the 6.1 acres Sculpture Garden, centered on a large circular fountain (an ice rink in the winter) surrounded by stone seating.

The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.

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Adm. Thos. Washington (LOC)

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Adm. Thos. Washington (LOC)

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Bain News Service,, publisher.

Adm. Thos. Washington

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12527

Call Number: LC-B2- 2636-10

The U.S. Capitol Building - Washington DC

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The U.S. Capitol Building - Washington DC

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The U.S. Capitol Building - Washington DC Photos

Capitol Hill is the most prestigious address in Washington, DC and the political center of the nation’s capitol with the Capitol Building set atop a hill overlooking the National Mall.
Members of Congress and their staff, lobbyists and journalists live on Capitol Hill as well as others who can afford the steep prices of real estate here.
Capitol Hill is the largest residential historic district in Washington, DC with many of its 19th and 20th century row houses listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Super Perigee Moon rising near Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Washington, DC

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Super Perigee Moon rising near Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Washington, DC

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Super Perigee Moon

The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Washington. The full moon tonight is called a super perigee moon since it is at its closest to Earth in 2011. The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March 1993.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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[Car in front of Shulman's Market on N at Union St. S.W., Washington, D.C. (LOC)

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[Car in front of Shulman's Market on N at Union St. S.W., Washington, D.C. (LOC)

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Rosskam, Louise,, 1910-, photographer.

[Car in front of Shulman's Market on N at Union St. S.W., Washington, D.C.

[between 1941 and 1942]

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Identification based on similarity to transparency USF35-629.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Grocery stores
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection t 11671-30 missing since 1981 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34425

Call Number: LC-USF35-637

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[Children on row house steps, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

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[Children on row house steps, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

Image by The Library of Congress
Rosskam, Louise,, 1910-, photographer.

[Children on row house steps, Washington, D.C.]

[between 1941 and 1942]

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Identification based on similarity to transparency USF35-629.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Children
Row houses
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection t 11671-30 missing since 1981 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34419

Call Number: LC-USF35-631

A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard (LOC)

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Delano, Jack,, photographer.

A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard

1942 Dec.

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
World War, 1939-1945
Railroad shops & yards
Railroad roundhouses
United States--Illinois--Melrose Park

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-1 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34602

Call Number: LC-USW36-508

Collage of photos from the record 3-mile race won by Oregon freshman Steve Prefontaine at a dual Washington State - Oregon meet at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, April 25, 1970

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Collage of photos from the record 3-mile race won by Oregon freshman Steve Prefontaine at a dual Washington State - Oregon meet at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, April 25, 1970

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Collage of photos from the record 3-mile race won by Oregon freshman Steve Prefontaine at a dual Washington State - Oregon meet at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, April 25, 1970. This was the first time the 3-mile had been run at Hayward Field in a dual meet. Pre's winning time of 13:12.8 was America's fastest 3-mile in two years, and made Pre the fastest 3-miler in Oregon history. His previous best 3-mile time was 13:30.6 two weeks prior. His new time was the 7th fastest US 3-mile ever run, and the fastest in the world year-to-date. The world record was held by Australian Ron Clarke with 12:50.4.

The content of this descriptive narrative is largely quoted or reworded from two articles by Eugene Register-Gaurd Sports Editor, Jerry Uhrhammer, in the April 26, 1970 edition.

The left photo shows Pre in the first mile with WSU runner Rick Riley to his right. Next shows the wet, cold conditions of the race. Pre breaks the finish tape in the third photo, and in the right photo he acknowledges the cheers of the fans after the race. All these photos are likely taken by Eugene Register-Guard photographer Joe Matheson--the two right photos for sure as they were published in the paper April 26, 1970. The third finish line photo also appeared in the I May 1970, issue of Track and Field News. Leave a comment below if you know whether other photographers took the left two photos.

When Pre went to bed the night before this race he led the US in the 3-mile that year. When he woke up the next morning, he read that Florida runner Jack Bacheler had run 13:13.4 in the Drake Relays the day before, beating Pre's time. Undaunted by rain, high winds, and a brisk temperature in the 40s, the gritty 19 year old freshman took back the lead honors with a 13:12.8 effort before 6200 fans. He ripped off a 63 second first lap, followed by 65, 65, and 64 en route to the first mile time of 4:17, a sub-13 minute 3-mile pace. WSU's Rick Riley, who earlier that day timed second in the mile race with an all-time best of 4:02.8, shadowed Pre for the first mile, then dropped back and finally out after another lap.

Pre was feeling good, "But after the first mile, I slowed down a little bit . . . I didn't want to go all out and burn myself out." His next four laps were 65, 67, 70, and 66 seconds for a two-mile time of 8:45. This was faster than his 2-mile winning time of 8:46.3 against UCLA the week prior.

Pre said he was feeling his way. "I wanted to go out and run and just see how I felt . . . I wasn't excited and I just didn't let any pressure get put on me." Thus, at the two-mile point he still felt strong. He wasn't fading.

The next two laps were 69s. With two laps left, Pre knew he was within range of Bacheler's 24-hour old time, so he started picking up the pace. The next lap was in 67 seconds. Pre then began sprinting the final 440 yards as the crowd helped him along with a solid roar. He kept his eyes fixed on the scoreboard clock as he drove down the stretch to the tape with a 62 second last lap.

Pre, with a big grin, told Oregon's athletic trainer Larry Standifer after the race it was the "Easiest 3-mile I ever ran." Standifer thought out loud, "What is he going to say when he runs one where he has to work hard?" Pre told his teammates after a cooling-down victory lap, "That was easy. I'm ready, man. I'm ready to do anything."

When reporters asked if he was motivated by Bachler's run time the day before, Pre replied, "Yeah, that's probably so. I just figured it's time to quit fooling around and get out and do something."

What left him encouraged was the relative ease of the win. "That wasn't an all-out effort. With three laps to go, I felt like doing it in 62s. I wished there was somebody in front of me setting the pace."

"A great run," said Oregon coach Bill Bowerman. "I didn't realize he was capable of running that fast on that bad a day. On a good day? Yes."

When askd about Pre's fast mile points in the race and Pre's expressed ease in winning and what that meant as to his limits, Bowerman answered, "Who knows. But on a good day, he should go under 13 minutes." [Pre did it June 25, 1971 with a 12:58.6 at the AAU championships in Eugene; his fastest 3-mile ever was 12:51.4, a US record set June 8, 1974 during the last Restoration Meet at Hayward Field, Eugene--it was the world 3rd fastest time ever] Bowerman noted Pre ran into a headwind for part of each lap, and that would, overall, hold a runner back somewhat.

At the same meet, Pre's Oregon teammate Roscoe Divine ran a 4:01.8 mile to Rick Riley's 4:02.8. Roscoe set a new meet record, besting Oregon runner Dyrol Burleson's 4:02.5 in 1961. Riley also competed against Pre in this 3-mile race the same day.

[Pre, Rick Riley, and Frank Shorter were chosen for the AAU US Team 3-mile squad to compete in Europe the summer of 1970]

Ten days later, Roscoe and Pre would finish 1-2 in the mile at the Oregon Twilight Meet in Eugene. Both finished in sub-4 minute efforts, including Pre's first-ever sub-4 with 3:57.4. Roscoe ran 3:56.3.

3-mile finishing times:

1. Pre (OR) 13:12.8 - new meet, field, and school record. The old field record was by 13:32.4 by Oregon runner Knut Kvalheim in 1969, who also set the old school record of 13:14.6 in 1968.
2. Steve Savage (OR) 13:50.0
3. Mile Lyons (OR) 13:56.0

Thanks to Pre's showing and that of the 440 yard meet record set by Weldon Vance (OR), Tom Morrow's (OR) meet record in the steeplechase, and Oregon's 400 relay team win that tied the meet record, Oregon won the meet versus WSU in a dual meet for the first time in three years, 83.5 to 70.5. Oregon won 9 of 18 events.

With the team vistory decided in the 3-mile, Bowerman entered a "second string" unit in the final relay. The meet win was tainted by these Ducks who did not take off their sweat suits to run and clowned around in the race. Many Duck fans left muttering about poor sportsmanship.

Bowerman was also upset about the "hamming" and chewed the squad out in a closed meeting afterwards.

"I told 'em it was bush league . . . and bad manners to run like that," said Bowerman, who also apologized to WSU coach Mooberry.

"Bill really chewed," said one duck after the meeting.

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Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, 1851, Junius Brutus Stearns

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Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, 1851, Junius Brutus Stearns

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On display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond is a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns (1810-1885), American painter, one of 5 major artworks by Stearns about Washington (4 are in the museum’s collection). This one is entitled Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon (1851), oil on canvas, measuring 14.5 x 22.625 in (36.83 x 57.47 cm). The scene shows Washington in conversation with his overseer, Mount Vernon in the background; slaves are working the field and in the lower left are two adopted grandchildren at play. One of Stearns; paintings was on a 1937 US postage stamp, depicting Washington in his role as statesman. 5 paintings are on line at www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=du&aid=1037

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