Deseret Stone P.1

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Title Deseret Stone P.1
File Name 39222001677934.tif
Photo Number No. 4549
Classification 718
Creator Rowe, A.
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date of Photograph January 1950
Date 1950-01
Subject Markers & Monuments
Other Subject Deseret Stone; Washington Monument
Spatial Coverage Washington; District of Columbia
Description The Deseret stone was placed in the National Archives sometime during 1885, '86, or '87. The stone for the Washington Monument was accepted in Washington in 1853. In 1854 at 150 feet above ground progress was stopped. The Civil War also delayed it. In 1880 it became a government project and was completed in 1884. Gift of Arthur V. Watkins. Photo by A. Rowe (National Park Service), Jan. 1950.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8.6 inches x 6.3 inches
Source Donors Watkins, Arthur V.
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3442 x 2525
Scanned By Jason VanCott
ARK ark:/87278/s6gh9xq1
Setname dha_cp
ID 442674
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gh9xq1
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