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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a guard patrolling the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. A black mat stretches in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on an upward angle from right to left. At center, a guard is caught mid-stride walking down the mat and in front of the tomb. He is in profile, facing right. The guard rests a rifle to his near shoulder as he marches past the tomb. Behind and to the right of him, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands. The marble, neoclassical monument is viewed at an angle from its west face. The south face stretches back to the right. It is surrounded by posts linked with chains. Wide stone steps cascade behind it and into the distance, towards a mall at right. Trees line the far side of the steps in the background. Four punched holes dot 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_012 ark:/21198/zz002j3k9x
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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