English: Title: Aerial view of Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument, Washington, D.C

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.

Notes: Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031).; The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Construction began in 1939, the building was completed in 1943, and the bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.; Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer.