Saturday, November 25, 2006

Current Project

Worthy of the Nation, documentary, Smithsonian Networks.
Photos are courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, and are in the public domain. To view larger versions, go to: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html


D.C before it became D.C. LC-USZ62-12738


View from Arlington House (now Arlington National Cemetery) to Washington, D.C. LC-USZ62-15281


1863 D.C, looking west. Note the incomplete Washington Monument LC-USZC4-7673


Lincoln and his son Thaddeus in one of the last photos before his death. The Washington Monument was left unfinished for over 25 years, and the design changed dramatically over time. LC-USZ62-176


The original design for the Washington Monument LC-USZC4-763


The Lincoln Memorial under construction, ca. 1917 LC-USZ62-77389

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