The Washington Monument is the obelisk anchor of the Mall — marble, lightning rods, and endless tourists finding the sun in their eyes. The material that defines this entry is photographic: black and white negatives and prints, including at least one double exposure where the shaft overlaps itself or the sky twice. Digitise the frames, note the film stock if it’s recorded, and this stub can grow into a proper darkroom-era companion to the colour trips that came later.
Washington Monument
Black-and-white photographs of the Washington Monument — including double-exposed frames from a 1991 visit to the National Mall.
Published 1991-08-17 · Updated 2026-04-18