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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of a guard saluting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during the changing of the guards ceremony. A wide walkway stretches across the foreground on an upward angle back to the left. In the near distance at center, 2 guards stand at attention and hold rifles upright in front of them. They face towards the right. Ahead and to the right of them, a mat stretches across the ground. A third guard stands at the center of the mat and salutes the tomb. The marble Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands ahead and to the right of the saluting guard. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. Spectators watch the ceremony in the distance at left. Left-of-center, the guard's hut stands at the far end of the mat. Trees stand across the background. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. 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
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2347_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3k08
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia--Arlington Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.) Rites & ceremonies--Virginia--Arlington United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
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