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A Unique Bird’s Eye Panorama of Washington, D.C., ca. 1914

JF Ptak Science Books   

Original Panorama-Style Montage View of Washington, D.C., ca. 1914.  These images were taken from the Washington Monument, and perform nearly a 360-degree perspective of the city.  The major and obvious clue for the date of these photos is the Lincoln Memorial–rather, where the Lincoln Memorial would be.  Photo #2 shows the beginning of construction, which began in 1914 and which would take until 1922 to complete.  Each is 80x135mm, or 80×1145 mm all together, or 3.25″ x 38.5″ (actually, about 30″ long once overlap is considered).

Detail from photo #5:

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And a detail of photo #2, showing the site of the Lincoln Memorial:

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