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WASHINGTON: THE NATIONS CAPITAL
SOUVENIR PICTURE BOOK
PUBLISHED & COPYRIGHTED BY THE
B. S. REYNOLDS COMPANY,
WASHINGTON D.C.
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY
 CHARLES B. REYNOLDS
CIRCA 1942
WWII ERA AMERICANA
 
60 PAGE SOFT COVER
RAG STOCK WRAP
ADHESIVE BINDER WITH RIBBON TO DRESS COVER. BOOK IS FULL OF REAL PHOTO IMAGES OF WASHINGTON. COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE HAND TINTED.
EACH IMAGE HAS A BRIEF PAGE DESCRIPTION OF ITS HISTORY.
 
SOME CONTENT INCLUDES:
THE CAPITAL
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WHITE HOUSE
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
UNITED STATES TREASURY
NEW BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING ON POTOMAC PARK BASIN
STATE, WAR AND NAVY BUILDING
UNION STATION
NEW POST OFFICE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
LINCOLN MEMORIAL W/ JAPANESE CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN BLOOM
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
CORCORAN ART GALLERY
RED CROSS MEMORIAL
PAN-AMERICAN UNION
AND SO MANY MORE...
TRAVEL MOMENTO IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 
 
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Biographical/Historical Note
Charles Bingham Reynolds was born on November 18, 1856 in Morrisania, New York. Reynolds attended college at Amherst and graduated in 1876. His family lived in St. Augustine while he was in college, and he lived there until 1879. He then moved to Brooklyn, NY, and became editor of Forest and Stream Magazine. He worked with George Bird Grinnell to form the Audubon Society, which fought for the protection of birds. He also continued work on his book, Old Saint Augustine, which was published for the first time in 1885. The book was republished in 1888, 1891, and 1893. In 1892 Reynolds submitted the book in a Colombian Exhibition where it was awarded the bronze medal from the Spanish Government.
Reynolds also wrote a commercial guide book, Standard Guide: St. Augustine, with a Description of the Florida East Coast. In 1895, Reynolds and Ward G. Foster began to work together on commercial guide books. This partnership was cemented in 1906 with publications in Ask Mr. Foster Travel Magazine and Reynolds’ guidebooks.
In 1915 Reynolds and his wife, Emily, moved to Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. From here he waged a campaign against the false, commercialized history about St. Augustine. He argued against claims that St. Augustine had the “Oldest House” in America, the “Oldest Schoolhouse,” and the “Fountain of Youth.” He continued this work until 1938. In 1939 he was offered the chairmanship of a Florida Historical Society committee to provide a memorial to Dr. James Alexander Robertson. Around this time Reynolds began to fall ill, and his sister Kate came to New Jersey to take care of him. On November 10, 1940 Charles Reynolds died of heart failure.
Scope and Content
The collection includes manuscripts, publications, miscellaneous papers, and a set of sixteen copper plates used in a publication. Box 1 contains a handwritten manuscript of Reynolds’ book, Old Saint Augustine, as well as a printed copy with handwritten notes in preparation for re-printing. There are also materials pertaining to his mother, Lucy Reynolds, including her membership certificate for the Audubon Society, which he helped start, and her prayer card. There is also one excerpt from Reynolds' business partner's magazine, Mr. Fosters Travel Magazine, from January 1927.
The copper plates in Box 2 were used in printings of Old Saint Augustine. They include scenes from around the city, such as the cathedral, Fort Marion, and the city gates.
 

 





 

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