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Washington from the Monument – Historic Print

Washington from the Monument — historic photograph
Washington from the Monument. Historic photograph from the Washington Monument collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington from the Monument. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The view looks out over the city from the top of the Washington Monument, the obelisk that rose on the National Mall as a memorial to George Washington. Work on the monument began in 1848, stalled during the years of financial trouble and the Civil War, and was finally completed in 1884, when it was dedicated and opened to visitors. By about 1900, when this print was made, the tall marble shaft had become one of the city's defining landmarks, and an elevator and an observation room near the top drew tourists eager to see the spread of avenues, government buildings and open grounds below.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesca. 1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,115 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128962

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