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Dedication of the Merton Room. Pictured: Monsignor Shannon, College President Rose Marie Beston and Library Director Dick Matzek. 1985
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, first President of the United States and Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. The City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 702,455 as of July 2018, making it the 20th most populous city in the United States. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest, had a 2017 estimated population of 6.2 million residents.
All three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative), president (executive), and the U.S. Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments, and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the Human Rights Campaign, the International Finance Corporation, and the American Red Cross.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_Building
The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, is the original headquarters of the National Archives and Records Administration. It is located north of the National Mall at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.. The Rotunda entrance is on Constitution Avenue, while the research entrance is on Pennsylvania Avenue. A second larger facility, known as "Archives II" (or simply as "A2"), is located in College Park, Maryland.
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Gathering before Former President Jimmy Carter Funeral Procession along 7th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Tuesday afternoon, 7 January 2025 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes IN MEMORY OF docuproject at exbphoto.com/inmemoryof
Elvert Barnes January 2025 Archives at exbphoto.com/2025
low resolution images from the web, mostly Ebay, a wonderfully rich resource for local history. We are looking for originals of these to be able to scan at high resolution for the Parish history Archive.
Left Instagram following their threat to rights grab, will now be using the flickr app instead, so all my instagram pics, mainly rubbish that they are, added here just as an archive.
Balliol College Archives D.5.03. John de Eynesham grants to Henry de Berewyke a rent of two shillings on houses in Horsemonger Street (Salter 17) 1289.
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To know where you're going to, then you got to know where you've been. I am going to
attempt to pull out a lot of old images and upload a lot of stuff back from the days
when I first started taking photos with the 350D and onwards from there - still got it
and still works.
Check the dates, don't be too horrified if you look at the images and think I'm getting
worse not better!! You got to start somewhere, I intend to upload as much as I can for
as long as I can. I may upload a lot of photos in one go but check out the Old School/Archive
dipping set which I will move to the top for ease of viewing.
I may have edited a few to take the edge of the harshness of the "just out of the camera feeling"
If they aren't technically correct, glaringly awful or poorly controlled in some way - remember
these are early days photos - Again, check the dates :)
Full set here:
Image from the Runamuck fun run challenge at the grounds of Clonkeeran House near Kilshanroe in County Kildare. Over 3000 people took part in the obstacle course run through fields and mud pools in aid of various charities.
floral archives from 2002 to 2016, Saudi, Holland
Alabama and Florida. Nikon SLR 35mm film, and Fuji Digital models S5700 and 9900W cameras.
Oxford, Balliol College Archives, Morier Family Papers. Catalogue: bit.ly/1IGbprW
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