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Event
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19620906
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Title
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Statue of George Washington moving across the Mall
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/117">Horatio Greenough</a>'s 1841 <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/17">sculpture of George Washington</a> has lived in 4 different locations on the Mall. Originally built for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">US Capitol Rotunda</a>, Congress did not like the statue and moved it outside to the east lawn 1 year later. Still unhappy with the statue, Congress transferred it to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/52">Smithsonian for display at the "Castle"</a> in 1908. It remained there until 1962, when Smithsonian staff moved the statue by crane across the Mall to the new <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">National Museum of History and Technology</a>. Staff had to remove a glass window and several bricks in the Castle to move the statue out of the building, because it was too large to fit through the doors.
Source
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Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_9335">View original.</a>
Date
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9/6/1962
Coverage
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1950-1979
Creator
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Horatio Greenough
design & monuments
everyday life
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https://mallhistory.org/files/original/a1835362527101a2f97f67f1b9071996.jpg
bd45a357602b7d27bf9865b831cfc967
Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Tennis court.
Location
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Between Jefferson Drive and Independence Avenue, SW, in what is now the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
Type
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Ghost Sites
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Title
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Tennis Courts in the South Yard
Description
An account of the resource
From 1915 to 1935, there was a tennis court behind the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/52">Smithsonian Institution Castle</a>, next to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/465">Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory</a> in the South Yard. The court was created for the Smithsonian's tennis team, which played in intramural as well as inter-departmental matches against teams from other federal agencies. This image shows Loyal B. Aldrich (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory employee), and Astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot (Fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian) playing tennis.
Source
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Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_9156">View original</a>.
Date
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1915 (constructed)
1935 (converted into a parking lot)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890-1919
1920-1949
everyday life
ghost mall
work & play
-
https://mallhistory.org/files/original/7dc6294ae72d84092fff1f787ad7e0fe.jpg
5c9e2c6765080711b8cfa116b9dbcd4d
Document
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Original Format
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newspaper article
Text
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The garden which connects the capitol and the President’s house is laid out in proportions that correspond with the magnificence of those structures; the space which it is designed to occupy is 1700 feet broad, and more than 7000 in length, independent of the two immense declivities, and the President’s house to the canal which separates them from the garden.<br /><br />To mention these large proportions is sufficient to give a high idea of the garden which will be terminated by the capitol on the east, and on the west by the Potomak. This river presents itself diagonally, and the prospect extends to a distance, upon an island, which rises 20 or 30 feet above the surface of the water, and on which the view reposes with most pleasurable sensations.<br /><br />If nature has been lavish in the situation of the ground where the capitol and the President’s house are disposed; the author of the plan has been happy in making use of the advantages and selecting from them the most fortunate choice. Each point of the whole has been studied, and marked with the stamp of a genius, enlarged and accustomed to form plans on a large scale….<br /><br />We see that this garden is situated, and perhaps disposed in such a manner, as to become the point of union for men of <em>all</em> countries and <em>all</em> conditions; and were the city of Washington never to extend beyond the two edifices here described, its whole construction would surpass in the elegance of this kind, all that the most celebrated cities of Europe can exhibit.
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Title
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Essay on the City of Washington
Source
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<em>Herald</em>, February 4, 1795.(New York, NY).
Date
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02/04/1795
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Pre-1800s
Description
An account of the resource
This newspaper article was published in New York City in the mid 1790s, describing official plans for the developing federal city. Although an Act of Congress in 1790 had declared that Washington would be the national capital as of 1800, it was at the time mostly farmland and a few groups of buildings. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/251">The author describes the Mall as a magnificent setting, and the park to be developed there as elegant as any in Europe</a>.
building the mall
everyday life
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d6aec4e688b5032b2c244712d6755257
Still Image
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Original Format
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Wood engraving
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Title
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Washington Monument, canal, and baseball grounds
Source
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<em>Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper</em>, December 12, 1874, via the Library of Congress. <a>View original</a>.
Date
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1874
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
Description
An account of the resource
This illustration accompanied an article discussing <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/281">efforts to restart construction on the Washington Monument</a>, with hopes to complete the monument by the national centennial in 1876. The point of view of the illustration is from the Mall's <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/319">baseball grounds</a>, now the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/315">White House Ellipse</a>. In between the baseball grounds and the monument is the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/41">Washington Canal</a>, with sailboats and barges in it, possibly carrying goods to market in the city. The people in the illustration include wealthy white men as well as black and white laborers.
building the mall
commerce & trade
everyday life
work & play
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https://mallhistory.org/files/original/7840c5217c078eec89e93f939378b976.jpg
5b3ee424098136e5a57d517e3c6da603
Still Image
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Title
A name given to the resource
Henry family at east door of Castle
Source
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Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!5596~!0#focus">View original</a>.
Date
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1862
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/349">Joseph Henry</a>, the first secretary of the Smithsonian, and his family lived in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/52">Smithsonian Institution Building</a>, also called the Castle, from <span>1855 to 1878. This photograph, taken in 1862, shows Mr. Henry along with the whole family: Harriet Alexander Henry, his wife, and daughters Caroline, Mary, and Helen. The fourth woman may be a relative or family friend. </span>
everyday life
museums
work & play
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https://mallhistory.org/files/original/5a356f45d6261d35970428d3620a47c2.jpg
4dfa7ba5566e14882529a4fc8ef7ef7b
Event
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Event Type
Planning and Design
Event Sort Date
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20120800
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Title
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Reflecting Pool reconstructed
Description
An account of the resource
Restoration of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/23">Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool</a> began in November 2010. The two-year, $30.7 million renovation project almost completely rebuilt the structure. The 1923 original pool was built on an unstable foundation that sank and cracked. The overhauled pool is shallower, reinforced with over 2,000 pilings driven to the underlying bedrock, and a gray tint was added to increase the pool’s reflectivity. The water supply system was replaced, and instead of stagnant water, the supply is now circulated from the nearby <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/430">Tidal Basin</a>. Gravel sidewalks bordering the pool were also replaced with pavement to prevent erosion.
Type
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Event
Coverage
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2000-present
Source
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Justin Brown on Flickr.com. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justininsd/6239416270">View original.</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2010-2012
building the mall
design & monuments
everyday life
-
https://mallhistory.org/files/original/349686dc03bf54402bb81c5d692769ca.jpg
cc64f781f03d9984acbef187fbb33a5f
Still Image
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Original Format
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watercolor over graphite underdrawing
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Title
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View down Pennsylvania Avenue
Creator
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A. Meyer
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004662333/">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1860
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
Description
An account of the resource
This view down Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the corner of 6th Street shows part of Washington near the Mall around 1860. On the corner in the foreground, where the Newseum is today, stood the National Hotel, one of the most prominent hotels in the city. It also housed a telegraph office, advertising "<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/176">Morse's Great Northern & Southern United Lines</a>" with direct communication to to New York and New Orleans. Businesses line the north (left) side of the street, and to the south was one block of commercial and residential buildings which stood where the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/427">National Gallery of Art</a> is today.
commerce & trade
everyday life
ghost mall
neighborhood
work & play
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https://mallhistory.org/files/original/d05d05453b7981129ec50999d761035c.jpg
76094e70a41b22874629ddbfeadd31ec
Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Circular reflecting pool at the center of the Sculpture Garden
Location
The location of the interview.
700 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Gardens and Landscapes
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Title
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National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink
Description
An account of the resource
The ice skating rink at the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/429">National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden</a> is one of the Mall’s most popular winter activity spots. Open from November through March, the ice skating rink in its current form first opened in 1999. The rink was included in the plans for the Sculpture Garden when it was conceived in 1996 because an ice rink had been operating at that site since 1974. Even before the 1970s, ice skating was a popular activity on the Mall, with unofficial skating sites at the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/430">Tidal Basin</a> and the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/23">Reflecting Pool</a> in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1980-1999
Source
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National Archives at College Park.<a href="http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ShowFullRecordLinked?tab=showFullDescriptionTabs/details&%24searchId=2&%24showFullDescriptionTabs.selectedPaneId=digital&%24digiDetailPageModel.currentPage=0&%24digiViewModel.detailId=1&%24partitionIndex=0&%24digiSummaryPageModel.targetModel=true&%24submitId=1&%24digiViewModel.name=digiViewModel&%24resultsDetailPageModel.search=true&%24digiDetailPageModel.resultPageModel=true&%24resultsDetailPageModel.currentPage=0&%24resultsDetailPageModel.pageSize=1&%24sort=RELEVANCE_ASC&%24highlight=false"> View original</a>.
everyday life
work & play
-
https://mallhistory.org/files/original/87de42683c0d6d4d1a71790467738e7b.jpg
d7d20e610669884e093471f36d771766
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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photo
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Title
A name given to the resource
Navy Department, World War I
Description
An account of the resource
For more than five decades, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/57">Main Navy and Munitions Buildings </a>dominated the scenery along <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/311">Constitution Avenue</a> for a third of a mile west of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/36">Washington Monument</a>. Erected in 1918 as "temporary" office buildings to support the vastly expanded World War I military, more than 14,000 military and civilian personnel worked there. Clacking typewriters, ringing as workers returned the carriage to start new lines of text, and jangling telephones echoed in the community work space.
Creator
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US Department of the Navy
Source
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Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC . <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-52000/NH-52901.html">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1918
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890-1919
everyday life
military history
work & play
-
https://mallhistory.org/files/original/8c579057203b72829a783a5b4513e969.jpg
dde12b2dbaeb671a91b71b963b3943f3
Still Image
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Original Format
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Woodcut
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Title
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Women Workers Leaving the Treasury Department
Description
An account of the resource
During the Civil War, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/337">Department of the Treasury</a> hired women workers to fill clerical positions vacated by men who had left to fight with the Union Army. Until that time, clerking was strictly a male occupation. Believing women were particularly well-suited for repetitive, routine tasks, the Secretary of the Treasury assigned them to hand-cut paper money, usually printed in amounts of four bills per sheet. A Union officer observed that it was difficult to live on their salary of $600 a year because room and board cost about $50 per month.
Source
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<em>Harpers Weekly</em>, February 18, 1865.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1865
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
everyday life
neighborhood
work & play