Deer on the Mall This photograph was taken around 1890, when the Mall was landscaped according to a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/356">design by Andrew Jackson Downing</a>. Rather than the wide open lawn edged with trees we see today, this section of the Mall was covered in small evergreens with a winding path. This deer may have been wild, enjoying a forested spot in the city, or part of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/233">Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals</a>. Smithsonian Institution Archives.<a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&amp;profile=all&amp;source=~!sichronology&amp;uri=full=3100001~!10760~!0#focus"> View original</a>. 1890 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890-1919">1890-1919</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>