The Sunday Star, Washington D. C., June 2, 1929— Page 7.

American History by Motor

(Title registered U.S. Patent Office.)

— By James W. Brooks

(Sketches by Calvin A. Fader)

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The Houdon Statue of Washington

America's most valuable marble statue. It stands in the rotunda of the Capital.

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In World Service

Well may the travelor pause and reflect upon the service rendered to mankind by this crude machine, a replica of the first McCormick Reaper now housed on Capitol Square at Richmond Brought down to date by the inventive mind, it presses the banners of Agriculture round the world.

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A Capitol Rich in Tradition

The imaginative travelor will find but little difficulty in re-peopling the Capitol of Virginia with the actors who here played their roles, great and small in by-gone years. Designed by Jefferson after the Maison-Caree at Nimes, France, and but for wings added after 1900, it remains unchanged. Its foundation was laid in 1785 and from July 20, 1861 to April 3, 1865 it was the Capitol of the Confederacy.

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Guide to Other Days

From this old tower, now entering its second century, alarms pealed forth in 1812 and again in '61. Broken in the Nations most tragic hour, the bell has long since been removed, leaving the Tower only to guide the traveler on his way to the past.

American History by Motor, Richmond, by James W. Brooks, (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader), The Sunday Star, Washington D. C., June 2, 1929— Page 7.