Tag: Washington Monument

Many of you know that the Washington Monument sat unfinished for decades, an eye-sore of a stump on what would become the National Mall....

This beautiful old photograph of the Washington Monument, lit up at night, was taken in 1933. Click on it for some great details. Source: Shorpy

This stunning old photo of the Washington Monument was taken in 1928. Click on it for even more incredible details. Source Library of Congress

This print shows Robert Mills' original design for the Washington Monument, clearly a far more elaborate and ornate version of what we have today. Source:...

We posted some great old alternative designs for the Lincoln Memorial a while back and they were quite popular. Well, we dug up one...

Here's an incredible view of the Washington Monument some time in the early 1980s. Source: Library of Congress

How great is this old photograph of the cherry blossoms and the Washington Monument? We dug this old photo up in the Smithsonian Archives....

How cool is this photo? It was taken by Theodor Horydczak in 1934. Click on the image for a much larger version and read the...

Here's a terrific old photo of the Washington Monument at night. Source: Library of Congress

This is a morbid story from The Baltimore Sun, printed on March 10th, 1923. What is extremely striking is how graphic the depiction was back...

We found this cool wood engraving from 1882, meant to depict the National Mall looking from the South. In the image, you can see...

Okay GoDCers, here's a challenge for you. Ken sent this in a while back and wanted some assistance on dating this photo. He's guessing...

What a great photo from 1936. This shows the National Mall as viewed from the Capitol. Source: Cornell University Library

This is a beautiful photo taken from the Capitol Building in 1936, looking down the Mall at the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian. Source: Cornell...