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[Aerial view of The Mall with Lincoln Memorial in right foreground, Washington Monument in center, and U.S. Capitol in distance, Washington (D.C.)] – Vintage Photo Print

[Aerial view of The Mall with Lincoln Memorial in right foreground, Washington Monument in center, and U.S. Capitol in distance, Washington (D.C.)], [between 1922 and 1934] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of The Mall with Lincoln Memorial in right foreground, Washington Monument in center, and U.S. Capitol in distance, Washington (D.C.)], [between 1922 and 1934]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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[Aerial view of The Mall with Lincoln Memorial in right foreground, Washington Monument in center, and U.S. Capitol in distance, Washington (D.C.)]

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The Lincoln Memorial fills the right foreground of this aerial view, with the Washington Monument rising at the center and the Capitol far off at the end of the Mall. The picture dates from the years when the memorial was new, and it shows the Mall as a long corridor of lawns and reflecting pools. It came from the Photo Section at Bolling Field, the Army air station across the Anacostia River, where military photographers documented the capital from above between the wars. The straight axis running from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial reflects the city plan that was revived in the early 1900s, and it is easy to trace from the air.

Created / published[between 1922 and 1934]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1920-1940.Photographic prints 1920-1940.
NotesPhoto by Photo Section, Bolling Field. No. 11922 A.S.
SubjectsParks--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,340 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-201684

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