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Washington National Monument – Antique Wall Art

Washington National Monument — historic image
Washington National Monument. Historic image from the Washington Monument collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Washington National Monument, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Washington National Monument

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Titled simply "Washington National Monument," this record points to the obelisk on the National Mall in the nation's capital, long before its final form was settled. Construction began in 1848, but money ran short and the project stalled for years, and in 1854 a nativist group called the Know-Nothings seized the site. Work resumed after the Civil War, and the shaft was finished in 1884 and dedicated in 1885. The change in stone color about a third of the way up marks where the building stopped and started again.

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