Setting,cap-stone,Washington Monument,T Casey,G Mott,R Springer,SH Nealy,1884

Title: 572 feet high--setting the cap-stone on the Washington Monument / from a sketch on the spot by S.H. Nealy.
Creator(s): Nealy, S. H. (Sid H.), artist
Date Created/Published: 1884.
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.
Notes:
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
Subjects:
Mott, Gershom.
Casey, Thos. L.--(Thomas Lincoln),--1857-1925.
Springer, Reuben R.
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1890.
African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
Rites & ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Portrait prints--1880-1890.
Wood engravings--1880-1890.
Bookmark /89716304/
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