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Aerial view of Washington Monument, with temporary war buildings in distance – Historic Photo Reproduction

Aerial view of Washington Monument, with temporary war buildings in distance, [1943] — historic photograph
Aerial view of Washington Monument, with temporary war buildings in distance, [1943]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Aerial view of Washington Monument, with temporary war buildings in distance comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Washington Monument is the anchor here, rising white and slender from the center of the frame, but the detail that sets this view apart is the row of temporary wartime buildings spreading out in the distance. Washington filled up quickly during World War II as the federal government expanded, and the Navy erected a large number of hastily built structures on open ground near the Mall to house clerks and staff. The aerial angle shows how the monument stood among these new office blocks, a reminder of how the wartime capital's footprint grew around its older landmarks.

Created / published[1943]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1930-1950.Photographic prints 1930-1950.
NotesDate from Goode, Capitol Losses, p. 443. No. G-1657X. National Geographic Society photo no. 73507-TR. Copyright by National Geographic Society. Forms part of: James M. Goode Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsUnited States.--Navy--Buildings. Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1930-1950. Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,277 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207933

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