Showing posts with label stream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stream. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

View of an Unidentified Stretch of Rock Creek in Washington DC (1850s)


View of an unidentified stretch of Rock Creek in Washington D.C., c. 1855-1860. According to the note written at bottom left, the photo was taken at 6:00 PM on May 20 of an unidentified year. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source.

Saturday, January 4, 2025

View of a Pool of Water, Possibly a Drainage Pool For the C&O Canal Along the Potomac River in Or Near Washington DC (1860)


View of a stream feeding a pool of water, possibly a drainage pool for the C&O Canal along the Potomac River in or near Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale and originally produced to be a stereoview.

Source National Museum of American History.