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Description: Places of Interest Page 10

Date: June 24 1907

Newspaper published in: Washington, D. C., USA

Washington Herald June 24, 1907 Places of Interest Page 10

PLACES OF INTEREST.
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Library of Congress - Open 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. on secular days; from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. on Sundays and on certain holidays.
Public Library - Open 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.; holidays, 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.; Sundays, 2 to 10 p. m.
Executive Mansion - Open 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
United States Capitol - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
United State Treasury - Open 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
State, War, and Navy Departments - Open 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. (The original Declaration of Independence is in the Library of the State Department.)
United States Patent Office - Open 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
United States Pension Bureau - Open 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
United States Post-Office - Open 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Washington City Post-office - Open all hours. The Dead Letter Office is in the city post-office.
National Botanic Gardens - Open 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Fish Commission - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Army Medical Museum - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
National Museums - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. (including holidays.)
Smithsonian Institution - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. (including holidays.)
Agricultural Department - Open 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Open 9 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Washington Monument (555 1/2 feet in height) - Open 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. (Elevator does not run after 4:30 p. m.)
Corcoran Gallery of Art - Open 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. in winter; 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. in summer. Sundays - 1:30 p. m. to 5 p. m., excepting in mid-summer. Admission free on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays; other days, 25c admission.
Government Printing Office - Open 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Navy Yard - Open 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Southworth Cottage, 36th st. and Prospect ave.

IN THE SUBURBS
Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of Washington - Open 11 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Arlington national Cemetery - Open all day.
Cathedral Grounds, Tennallytown road - Open 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
United States Soldiers’ Home - Open 9 a. m. to sunset.
Zoological Park - Open all day.
Rock Creek Bridge and Park.
Chevy Chase, Kensington, and Chesapeake Beach.
Naval Observatory - Open 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Cabin John Bridge, Catholic University, and Alexandria.


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