COLLECTION NAME:
Arthur E. Scott photograph collection
Record
Identifier:
C0096_0171
Title:
Magnolia Tree being moved on the National Mall
Creator:
Scott, Arthur E., 1917-1976
Date:
1931-11-25
Description:
"Faced with the rapidly advancing steam shovels of the Federal Building program in the Mall at Washington, serval fine old magnolia trees are being literally rescued in the nick of time and transported by huge trucks and trailers to other places in the park. Photo shows one of the trees, weighing with its carefully packed surrounding earth more than seventy tons, being towed past the Washington Monument." Description from attached caption
Subject:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Subject:
Magnolias
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
social documentary photography
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Format:
Print; 8x10; B&W
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Collection:
Arthur E. Scott Photograph Collection
Rights Statement:
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