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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon as viewed from the ground. The tomb entrance stands at center. It has a brick, ivy-covered facade with an archway. A wrought-iron gate stands in the archway. Two sarcophagi are visible behind the gate. Sightseers stand on either side of the gate. Two women walk away from the tomb on the left and a man and a woman stand with their backs to the camera and look into the tomb on the right. A wrought-iron gate runs along the right edge of the image. Text from negative sleeve: 457. East. Washington,D.C. Mt Vernon. 1914. The new Washington tomb. The marble tombs may be seen thru the gratings. 2 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0457_002 ark:/21198/zz002hqhm8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sightseers--Virginia--Mount Vernon Estates--Virginia--Mount Vernon Plantations--Virginia--Mount Vernon Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Virginia--Mount Vernon Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) Washington, George, 1732-1799
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