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D.C., Washington. Washington Monument. 1934. View, showing cleaning of the monument – Antique Wall Art

D.C., Washington. Washington Monument. 1934. View, showing cleaning of the monument — historic photograph
D.C., Washington. Washington Monument. 1934. View, showing cleaning of 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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D.C., Washington. Washington Monument. 1934. View, showing cleaning of the monument comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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D.C., Washington. Washington Monument. 1934. View, showing cleaning of the monument

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A 1934 view records workers cleaning the Washington Monument, with the caption card giving October 18 as the date. The obelisk was finished in 1884 after decades of stop-and-start construction, and its marble shaft had long been darkened by weather and city soot, so periodic washing was a practical way to keep the tallest masonry structure in the capital looking its best. The record comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified, so details about the crew and methods are best read as general rather than confirmed.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1934 Oct. 18.
SubjectsJ14079 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--Monuments; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136060

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