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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. Photograph of a guard holding his rifle while guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (not in frame) in Arlington National Cemetery. A wide walkway stretches across the foreground on an upward angle back to the right. In the near distance, left-of-center, a guard stands in profile, facing right. He rests his rifle against his near shoulder. The guard stands at the end of a mat that extends to the right and out-of-frame. A stone balustrade stands behind him at left and stretches out-of-frame at left. Beyond the balustrade, trees stand in the background. Four punched holes line the upper right edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2347. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Washington. 1, 2, and 3 films of Supreme Court building. ALEXANDRIA. 1 and 2 films of the George Washington Memorial 1 view of Alexandria from the Memorial. ARLINGTON. 1, 2 and 3 films changing the guard at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. 4 Guard and Tomb 5 The Tomb 6 The guard
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2347_001 ark:/21198/zz002j3jxr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.) Rites & ceremonies--Virginia--Arlington United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
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