Jefferson Memorial at dusk across calm water – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Jefferson Memorial at dusk across calm water, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Jefferson Memorial at dusk across calm water
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The Jefferson Memorial, the domed marble tribute to Thomas Jefferson on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, seen at dusk with its reflection held steady in still water. The memorial was dedicated in 1943, on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, and its classical design draws on the Pantheon in Rome and on Jefferson's own love of Roman architecture. Pictures taken at this hour show how the white stone takes on a soft glow as the light fades, a quality that made the building a favorite subject for photographers. The Tidal Basin itself was shaped by the same early twentieth-century work that filled in the Potomac flats and gave the capital its cherry trees.
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 15190897_22852b2dbb_b Thomas Jefferson Memorial click-see |
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