Check out this cool photo that we dug up on Flickr. It was taken in 1942, and the Jefferson Memorial is not quite ready for dedication. It would open on April 13th, 1943.
And here’s a cool eastern view from the Washington Monument, looking down the National Mall toward the Capitol Building. Look how young the trees are.
And finally, here’s the western view toward the Lincoln Memorial.
Source: Cornell University Library
Nice view of the old Navy and Munitions Buildings – no idea there were walkways above the reflecting pool to other buildings on the other side of the pool. What are those buildings on the left, anyway?
Yet more tempos. My father spent his entire federal working career in ugly tempos like these, now long (and mercifully) forgotten.
amazing shots….. you can see those things (not sure what they are called) covering the 14th Street Bridge….