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Aerial View of the Capitol and Mall, Washington, D.C – Vintage Photo Print

Aerial View of the Capitol and Mall, Washington, D.C, 1925 — historic photograph
Aerial View of the Capitol and Mall, Washington, D.C, 1925. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

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This rare historic photograph captures Aerial View of the Capitol and Mall, Washington, D.C in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Aerial View of the Capitol and Mall, Washington, D.C

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The Capitol dome and the long green sweep of the National Mall are the centerpiece here, seen from above at a height few viewers of 1925 would have experienced. Aerial photography was still a young craft then, and images like this one captured the city's monumental axis in a way ground-level views could not: the Capitol at the eastern end, the Washington Monument and the reflecting land between them. Pictures of this kind were widely reproduced to show the nation's capital as a planned, orderly city, and they remain useful for comparing how the Mall's buildings and open spaces were laid out nearly a century ago.

Created / published1925
Mediumphotographic print
Original scan3,678 × 2,767 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179546

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