A Unique Bird's Eye Panorama of Washington, D.C., ca. 1914

JF Ptak Science Books   

Original Panorama-Style Montage View of Washington, D.C., ca. 1914.  These images were taken from the Washington Monument, and perform nearly a 360-degree perspective of the city.  The major and obvious clue for the date of these photos is the Lincoln Memorial--rather, where the Lincoln Memorial would be.  Photo #2 shows the beginning of construction, which began in 1914 and which would take until 1922 to complete.  Each is 80x135mm, or 80x1145 mm all together, or 3.25" x 38.5" (actually, about 30" long once overlap is considered).

Detail from photo #5:

 

And a detail of photo #2, showing the site of the Lincoln Memorial:

And the series, 1-7:

Photo #2:

Photo #3:

Photo #4:

 

Photo #5

 

Photo #6

Photo #7