572 feet high--setting the cap-stone on the Washington Monument / from a sketch on the spot by S.H. Nealy.
Summary
Print shows Superintendent P.H. McLaughlin placing cap stone on the Washington Monument. Other monument engineers and workers shown participating in the event, are Chief Engineer, Col. T.L. Casey (hands up); Casey's assistants, B.R. Green (far left) and George Davis; principal mason, Dennis O'Leary; the rigger, James Hogan; and at far right, holding a rope, cement mixer, Lewis O'Brien, an African American. The top of the page has head-and-shoulders portraits of Gen. Gershom Mott, Col. Thomas L. Casey, and Reuben R. Springer.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1884 Dec. 20, p. 839.
Source for identification of L. O'Brien and fuller artist name: Washington Post, Dec. 7, 1884, pg. 1
Tags
Date
01/01/1884
Contributors
Nealy, S. H. (Sid H.), artist
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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