Object Details
- Description
- Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. Washington DC as seen from the top of the Washington Monument.
- A view from the observation deck at the top of the Washington Monument looking east down the north side of the future National Mall. The enormous Central Market on B Street, NW (renamed Constitution Avenue in 1931) covering two blocks between 7th and 9th Streets, NW and the large Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station17 at 6th and B Streets, NW are visible in this image, as is the large white Patent Building (now the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture) and the Pension Building (now the National Building Museum). Taken in December 1889.
- The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Hussey, Walter J.
- date made
- 1885-1910
- Credit Line
- Gift from Richard S. Hussey
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
- Object Name
- glass negative
- photograph
- glass plate negative
