In the elevator – Vintage Print
(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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In the elevator
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Tourists crowded into a small car on a rising elevator is the scene here, and the caption tracings tie it to the Washington Monument, though the record itself is old and unverified. The obelisk was completed in 1884 and dedicated the following year, so it was still a fresh landmark when this etching appeared in Hutchins and Moore's 1887 souvenir volume on the capital. Images of sightseers rising inside the shaft show how visitors hoped to experience the new monument from above. Its reproduction in a guidebook reflects how such views reached general readers in the 1880s.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Hutchins and Moore, A Souvenir of the Federal Capital, 1887, p. 86. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI--works; Tourists; Elevators; D.C. Washington--Monuments; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 968 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135235 |
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