Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Architect

Rich, Lorimer, 1891-1978

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, as viewed from the west. The image appears to tilt slightly downward to the right. The guard's mat stretches along the bottom edge. Beyond it, a post and chain barrier encircles the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The western side of the neoclassical, marble monument faces the camera. Pilasters stand on either side of an inscription (not legible in image). Visitors to the cemetery stand in the near distance along the right edge. Wide steps extend across the image and downward behind the tomb. Trees line the sides of the steps as they stretch into the distance. 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.

Caption

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

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)

Location

Virginia--Arlington

Longitude

38.876403

Latitude

-77.072343

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia--Arlington
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)