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Washington, DC: US Government Board, 1896. 2 volume set containing 100 photographs.

2 oblong folio albums (11 1/2 x 15 in.) 290 x 380 mm. 100 albumen photographs, majority approx. 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in., mounted recto/verso on 11 x 13 1/2 in. album pages (toning, occasional spotting to prints, occasional toning and soiling to mounts). Textured black cloth boards, applied paper label to each cover, "US Official Views / Atlanta Exposition" (boards partially detached, some scuffing, moderate to significant wear to labels). Provenance: The Library of Congress (bookplate to inside front cover, with "duplicate" stamp). 

Printed sheet to the preliminary leaf of each album reads: "Official Views of the United States Government Exhibits with Principal Buildings at the Cotton States and International Exposition held at Atlanta, Georgia, 1895." Title printed on mount below each photograph. Titles include: 

Part I: 1. The United States Government Building. -- 2. The Government Terrace from the Plaza. -- 3. Construction Period, Interior of Government Building, August 17, 1895. -- 4. Construction Period, Interior of Government Building, September 1, 1895. -- 5. Interior Government Building from the East Gallery. -- 6. Interior of Government Building from the West Gallery. -- 7. Interior of Government Building Looking Northeast from South Balcony. -- 8. Interior of Government Building Looking Northeast from West Gallery. -- 9. Interior of Government Building Looking Northwest from Board Room. -- 10. Interior of Government Building Looking Northeast from Board Room. -- 11. War Department. General View of the Exhibit Main Aisle. -- 12. Navy Department. Exhibit of Heavy Ordnance. -- 13. Navy Department. General View North End of the Exhibit. -- 14. Navy Department. Models of the Battle Ships. -- 15. Navy Department. General View from Main Aisle. -- 16. Department of Agriculture. Exhibit of the Weather Bureau. -- 17. Department of Agriculture. Exhibit of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. -- 18. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry from the North Aisle. -- 19. Department of Agriculture. Exhibit of the Division of Botany. -- 20. Department of Agriculture. Collection of Grasses, Division of Agrostology. -- 21. Department of Agriculture. Collection of Fibers and Bureau of Information. -- 22. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Information, Under Auspices of Division of Publications and Office of Experiment Stations. -- 23. Department of Agriculture. General View, Exhibit of the Division of Pomology. -- 24. Department of Agriculture. Weed Exhibit, and Collection of Models of Mushrooms. -- 25. Department of Agriculture. General View Looking Northeast from Center of Building. -- 26. Department of Agriculture. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, from Center Aisle. -- 27. Department of Agriculture. Exhibit of the Division of Entomology. -- 28. Department of Agriculture. General View Looking Northwest from Center of Building. -- 29. Department of Agriculture. Cases in the Soils Exhibit. -- 30. Department of Agriculture. Cotton Pavilion in Exhibit of the Office of Fiber Investigations. -- 31. Department of Agriculture. Exhibit of the Office of Road Inquiry. -- 32. East Entrance, Groups of Fur Seals on Left and Sea Lions on Right. -- 33. Fish Culural Apparatus, Nets, Etc. -- 34. United States Fish Commission, East Corner of Grotto, Sea Lions, Models of Vessels. -- 35. United States Fish Commission. Deep-Sea Sounding Apparatus, Corals, Sponges, Shells, etc., Looking from West Aisle. -- 36. United States Fish Commission. West Entrance to Aquarium. -- 37. United States Fish Commission. Fountain and Dome of Rotunda. -- 38. United States Fish Commission. View of Grotto from South Aisle. -- 39. United States Fish Commission. View of Aquarium from South Main Aisle. -- 40. United States Fish Commission. Backs of Salt-Water Aquaria Showing Air Pumps, etc. -- 41. United States Fish Commission. Backs of Salt-Water Aquaria Showing Water and Air Circulation System. -- 42. View from East Entrance Looking South Showing Anthropological Exhibits. -- 43. View from the South Entrance Looking East, with Zoological Exhibits in Foreground. -- 44. United States National Museum. Exhibit of Department of Transportation. -- 45. Smithsonian Institution. Exhibit of Bureau of Ethnology. -- 46. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Department of Mammals. -- 47. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Departments of Minerals and Paleontology. -- 48. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Birds and Marine Invertebrates. -- 49. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Prehistoric Anthropology and History. -- 50. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Departments of Insects and Reptiles. Image includes credit to Chas. Richards Dodge, Official Photographer, US Government Board. 

Part II: 51. United States National Museum. Exhibits of Departments of Oriental Antiquities and Religious Ceremonial. -- 52. Department of the Interior. The Patent Office Exhibit. -- 53. Department of the Interior. Exhibit of the Bureau of Education. -- 54. Department of the Interior. General View Exhibit Bureau of Education. -- 55. Department of the Interior. Exhibit of the Indian Bureau. -- 56. Department of the Interior. Exhibit of the United States Geological Survey. -- 57. Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey, Map Press. -- 58. State Department. General View. -- 59. State Department. Arch Formed of Pictures of Presidents of the United States. -- 60. State Department. Exhibit of Historical Documents and Correspondence. -- 61. State Department. Portraits of Secretaries of State. -- 62. Department of Justice. General View. -- 63. Post Office Department. General View from Center of Building. -- 64. Post Office Department. General View from State Department Space. -- 65. Treasury Department. Case of Weights and Measures. -- 66. Treasury Department. Exhibit of the Light-House Board. -- 67. Treasury Department. General View from Center Aisle. -- 68. Treasury Department. Working Coining Press. -- 69. Treasury Department. Life-Saving Service, Launching the Life-Boat. -- 70. Treasury Department. Life-Saving Service, Firing the Shot. (Instantaneous Photo). -- 71. Treasury Department. Life-Saving Service. Coming Ashore in the Breeches Buoy. -- 72. Forestry Building. Center Court. Model of Farm; Forest Destruction; Recuperation. -- 73. Forestry Building. Columns, Beams, etc. illustrating Tests of Timber. -- 74. Forestry Building. Center Aisle. Colonnade of Ornamental Woods. -- 75. Forestry Building. Exhibits of Cork, Maple Sugar, and Palmetto and Pine-Leaf Fibers. -- 76. Forestry Building. Methods and Tools used in Turpentine Orcharding. -- 77. Forestry Building. Center Court. Showing Statistical, Column, and Jefferson's Cradle. -- 78. Forestry Building. Center Court. Monographs of Timber Species. -- 79. Forestry Building. Center Court. Exhibit of Southern Forest Flora. -- 80. Department of Mining. Collection of Southern Gems. -- 81. General View of the C.S. and I. Exposition Grounds, Looking North from the Chutes. -- 82. The Same Looking Northeast and Showing the "Midway." -- 83. Administration and Fire Department Buildings. -- 84. General View Looking Southwest from Government Terrace. -- 85. Agricultural Building. -- 86. Woman's Building. -- 87. Buildings of Forestry and Mining Departments. -- 88. "Clara Meer." Looking Northeast from Forestry Building. -- 89. The Government Terrace. Stairways, Art Building, and Chime Tower. -- 90. The Palace of Fine Arts. -- 91. Chime Tower and Group of Statuary. -- 92. The Electricity and Transportation Buildings. -- 93. Agriculture. -- 94. State Buildings of Illinois and Massachusetts. -- 95. Pennsylvania State Building. -- 96. New York State Building. -- 97. Club House of the Piedmont Driving Club. -- 98. Club House of the Capital City Club. -- 99. On "The Midway Heights" Looking East. -- 100. A Night View of the Government Terrace, Showing Electrical Illumination. Image includes credit to Chas. Richards Dodge, Official Photographer, US Government Board.