http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/tags/fountain/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:39 -0700 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:39 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3567/buddyicons/36038586@N04.jpg?1236227898#36038586@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/tags/fountain/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/3329427595/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dcplcommons/">DC Public Library Commons</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/3329427595/" title="Easter egg roll on the lawn of the White House, ca. 1905"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3381/3329427595_9021abd90a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Easter egg roll on the lawn of the White House, ca. 1905" /></a></p> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:39 -0700 2009-04-08T23:47:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (DC Public Library Commons) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3329427595 Easter egg roll on the lawn of the White House, ca. 1905 DC Public Library Commons fountain easter children washingtondc women whitehouse lawn 1905 thenandnow thennow eastereggroll dcpl districtofcolumbiapubliclibrary dcplcommons ebthompson http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/3420862643/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dcplcommons/">DC Public Library Commons</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/3420862643/" title="Bartholdi Fountain"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3656/3420862643_b975f0bb65_m.jpg" width="240" height="225" alt="Bartholdi Fountain" /></a></p> <p>Frederic Auguste Bartholdi created the fountain for the 1876 American centennial celebration in Philadelphia. At the close of the exhibiton the fountain was purchased y the US Government at the suggestion of Frederick Law Olmsted. It was moved to DC and placed at the base of Capitol Hill near the center of the National Mall, on what was then the Botanic Garden grounds. In 1932 the fountain was relocated to its present location on Independence Avenue, SW</p> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:07:12 -0700 2009-04-07T11:07:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (DC Public Library Commons) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3420862643 Bartholdi Fountain <p>Frederic Auguste Bartholdi created the fountain for the 1876 American centennial celebration in Philadelphia. At the close of the exhibiton the fountain was purchased y the US Government at the suggestion of Frederick Law Olmsted. It was moved to DC and placed at the base of Capitol Hill near the center of the National Mall, on what was then the Botanic Garden grounds. In 1932 the fountain was relocated to its present location on Independence Avenue, SW</p> DC Public Library Commons fountain dc washington uscapitol nationalmall botanicgarden olmsted bartholdi http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/