Question

Viết về một postcard về Washington D.C

Answer 1

Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was named for George Washington (who picked the location). The city located between Virginia and Maryland on the north bank of the Potomac River. It is home to all three branches of the federal government, as well as the White House, the Supreme Court and the Capitol Building. More than 500,000 people live in Washington, D.C. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The architecture of Washington varies greatly. There are many interesting places which is extremely attractive to tourists such as  the Washington National Cathedral, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial and others. The city has developing econymy so it is a center of shopping mall and ideal entertainment area. People here are very friendly and kind. Besides, D.C. has many kind of delicious food which has something to suit any palate (and pocket!). Washing ton D.C. is really an attractive city which is always exciting to visit.

Và dịch là:

Washington, DC, thủ đô của Hoa Kỳ, được đặt tên theo George Washington (người giành vị trí). Các thành phố nằm giữa Virginia và Maryland ở bờ bắc của sông Potomac. Đây là nơi có cả ba chi nhánh của chính phủ liên bang, cũng như Nhà Trắng, Tòa án tối cao và Tòa nhà Đại hội. Hơn 500.000 người sống ở Washington, DC Do District of Columbia nhượng, thành phố có tổng diện tích 68,34 dặm vuông (177,0 km2), trong đó 61.05 dặm vuông (158.1 km2) là đất và 7.29 dặm vuông (18,9 km2 ) (10,67%) là nước. Kiến trúc của Washington khác nhau rất nhiều. Có rất nhiều địa điểm thú vị đó là vô cùng hấp dẫn đối với khách du lịch như Nhà thờ Quốc gia Washington, Jefferson Memorial Thomas, Đài tưởng niệm Lincoln, Đài tưởng niệm Cựu chiến binh Việt Nam và những người khác. Thành phố đã phát triển econymy để nó là một trung tâm của trung tâm mua sắm và giải trí lý tưởng. Người dân ở đây rất thân thiện và tốt bụng. Bên cạnh đó, DC có rất nhiều loại thực phẩm ngon mà có cái gì đó để phù hợp với mọi khẩu vị (và túi!). Giặt tấn D.C thực sự là một thành phố hấp dẫn mà luôn luôn là thú vị để tham quan.

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Answer 2

The postcards in this collection have been donated ongoing to the Washingtoniana Division since circa 1934.

As common as American society considers the postcard today, it was not until the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago that the first souvenir “post cards” were available for purchase in the United States. These cards featured illustrations of the various fair buildings printed on government-issued postal cards and privately printed souvenir cards. The government postal cards were imprinted with one-cent indicias while the privately printed souvenir cards required two-cents postage to be applied. Writing was not permitted on the address side of these cards.

Five years passed before private printers were granted, by an act of Congress on May 19, 1898, permission to print and sell post cards that bore the inscription Private Mailing Card.  These cards could now be mailed at the same one-cent rate as the government issued cards.

The federal government granted use of the word "Post Card" to private printers on Dec. 24, 1901. Writing was still not permitted on the address side. Use of post cards with “divided backs,” allowing both the address and a message on one side, was permitted on March 1, 1907. Thus marked the beginning in which millions, if not billions, of Washington, D.C. post cards have been printed and sold.

Besides depicting images of places that may no longer exist, postcards often contain messages offering documentation representative of a time and place.  From observations of historic events to matters of personnel concern, insights are given into the life and times of the postcard's sender.

The collection consists of three linear feet, consisting of about 2000 postcards and 24 postcard folders. The earliest postcards in the collection date from circa 1898. Due to Washington, D.C.’s continual focus as a tourist destination, contemporary postcards continue to be added to the collection. The greatest percentage of material dates from the 1920s to the 1940s.

The collection consists almost exclusively of imprinted (ink) postcards with less than a dozen being of the “real-photo” (gelatin silver) variety.  The collection leans heavily towards images of tourist Washington but many images of “hometown” Washington are included as well (Businesses, Churches, Organizations, Restaurants, Schools – Private/Public, Stores, and Streets).

Postcards are arranged by specific subject headings.  Please use the marker provided in each box to assure that postcards are returned to their proper place.  Further information on deltiology, or postcard collecting, may be learned by visiting the following web sites.