Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's eastern face, viewed close-up, Arlington, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's eastern face, viewed close-up, Arlington, 1947

Photographer

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

Architect

Carrère & Hastings
Rich, Lorimer, 1891-1978

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the eastern face of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, as viewed close-up, in Arlington National Cemetery. Stone steps line the bottom edge as they extend upwards towards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sits at center and is seen close-up from a low-angle view. Metal posts and chains encircle the marble memorial. Three allegorical figures are carved in relief on the east face of the structure. Pilasters frame the left and right edges. Beyond the tomb, the eastern facade of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater stands at a higher elevation in the background. Its columned portico is obscured by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The theater's rounded colonnades are just visible extending from the sides of the building. A large streak of white enters frame from the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2370. Eastern trip October 1947 Arlington 1 Entrance to Arlington cemetery from Arlington Memorial bridge 2 Mertie West and two ladies crossing boulevard at entrance to cemetery to catch bus for Washington 3 Graves in Arlington 4 Mertie West walking along driveway in Arlington cemetery 5 War Memorial and tomb of unknown soldier Mertie West 6 Close up of tomb of unknown soldier 7 Some one photographing the guard at tomb of unknown soldier

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

38.876385

Latitude

-77.072082

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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