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Each photograph in the DC 1949 Collection comes from Tom's personal slide archive and is reproduced as a fine art print, available in four sizes: 4×6, 8×12, 12×18, and 16×24.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dc-1949-print-01","title":"DC 1949: Washington Monument","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom photographed this in 1949 from the edge of the Reflecting Pool, catching the Washington Monument mirrored perfectly in the still water on a clear summer morning. At 555 feet, the obelisk was the tallest structure in the world when it was finished in 1884, and it still anchors the entire Mall today. 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The building was finished in 1922, modeled after the Parthenon, and grew to mean even more to the city a decade later, when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his \"I Have a Dream\" speech from its steps. 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