Panoramic View from top of Washington Monument
Panoramic View from top of Washington Monument
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- Description
- Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. White House as seen from the top of the Washington Monument.
- A view of the White House flanked by the imposing State, War, and Navy and Treasury Buildings from the observation deck at the top of the Washington Monument. Note the White House Conservatory on the west side of the White House and the U-shaped building surrounded by trees with the entrance gate facing 17th Street, NW just south of the State, War, and Navy Building (now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building). This is the last White House stable built in 1871 for President Ulysses Grant. Taken in December 1889.
- The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- glass negative
- photograph
- glass plate negative
- date made
- 1885-1910
- maker
- Hussey, Walter J.
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.0080.13
- accession number
- 2010.0080
- catalog number
- 2010.0080.13
- Credit Line
- Gift from Richard S. Hussey
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Walter J. Hussey Collection
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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R. Hussey
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