[Aerial view of Washington, D.C. looking toward southwest with Dept. of Agriculture building] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Aerial view of Washington, D.C. looking toward southwest with Dept. of Agriculture building], [between 1930 and 1940] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/95/95c99e621881-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of Washington, D.C. looking toward southwest with Dept. of Agriculture building] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Aerial view of Washington, D.C. looking toward southwest with Dept. of Agriculture building]
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Taken from the air and looking southwest, this view shows the Department of Agriculture complex in the heart of the capital, set among the federal buildings that lined the city's central axis in the 1930s. The photograph came from the Photo Section at Bolling Field, the Army air base across the Anacostia River, where military photographers made aerial documentation of Washington during those years. Such images were valued for showing how the government's expanding building program reshaped the city's core, and today they offer a clear record of its street grid and monumental layout before later postwar changes.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Aerial views 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Photo by Photo Section, Bolling Field. No. A-453,5/23. No. 11951 A.S. |
| Subjects | United States.--Dept. of Agriculture--Buildings--1930-1940. Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,308 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208920 |
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