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Aerial view of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Photo Print

Aerial view of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., 1936 June 15. — historic photograph
Aerial view of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., 1936 June 15.. 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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Step back in time with Aerial view of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Aerial view of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.

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The Federal Triangle, the cluster of government buildings laid out between Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue and the Ellipse, is the subject here, seen from above in mid-1936 when the project was still taking shape. The triangle was the product of the Federal Triangle redevelopment plan of the early 1930s, which replaced a dense tangle of older blocks with a set of large classical-revival office buildings meant to house federal agencies. From the air the arrangement of the new structures and the open streets around them is easy to read, and the photograph captures a moment when the city's monumental core was being reshaped for the government's growing workforce.

Created / published1936 June 15.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesNo. NA-72.
SubjectsGovernment buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Federal Triangle (Washington, D.C.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,268 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179278

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