National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia – Historic Print
![National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, [between 1910 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/363d31482338-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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From above, this view of Arlington National Cemetery puts the Memorial Amphitheater in the middle of the grave rows, which makes the site's ceremonial center easy to see. The amphitheater was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1920 and built of white Vermont marble. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added to it in 1921. The grounds were once part of the Custis-Lee estate across the Potomac from Washington, and they became a national burial ground during the Civil War. The orderly pattern of headstones in an aerial photograph from this period shows how deliberately the cemetery was laid out.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Aerial photographs 1910-1950.Photographic prints 1910-1950. |
| Notes | No. A-3506A.S. |
| Subjects | Cemeteries--Virginia--Arlington--1910-1950. Amphitheaters--Virginia--Arlington--1910-1950. Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)--1910-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163237 |
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