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[Major Maxwell Murray, Andrew Mellon, Gen. Austin, Gen. Williams and Col. Tschaffat reviewing battalion parade by the 16th Field Artillery, Ft. Meyer, Va., on the Washington Monument Grounds] – Antique Wall Art

[Major Maxwell Murray, Andrew Mellon, Gen. Austin, Gen. Williams and Col. Tschaffat reviewing battalion parade by the 16th Field Artillery, Ft. Meyer, Va., on the Washington Monument Grounds] — historic photograph
[Major Maxwell Murray, Andrew Mellon, Gen. Austin, Gen. Williams and Col. Tschaffat reviewing battalion parade by the 16th Field Artillery, Ft. Meyer, Va., on the Washington Monument Grounds]. 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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[Major Maxwell Murray, Andrew Mellon, Gen. Austin, Gen. Williams and Col. Tschaffat reviewing battalion parade by the 16th Field Artillery, Ft. Meyer, Va., on the Washington Monument Grounds] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Major Maxwell Murray, Andrew Mellon, Gen. Austin, Gen. Williams and Col. Tschaffat reviewing battalion parade by the 16th Field Artillery, Ft. Meyer, Va., on the Washington Monument Grounds]

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On May 4, 1928, a battalion of the 16th Field Artillery from Fort Myer, Virginia, paraded on the grounds of the Washington Monument while a reviewing party looked on. The record names Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon among the officers and officials in that group, along with Major Maxwell Murray and generals Austin and Williams and Colonel Tschaffat. Army units often marched on the open lawns around the monument, which had been completed in 1884 and stood at the center of the capital's ceremonial landscape. Seeing a cabinet official beside senior officers gives the picture a sense of how closely civilian and military leaders met at public events in that period.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1928 May 4.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139640

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