Deer on the Mall
Item
- Item sets
- Mall Histories
- Title
- Deer on the Mall
- Date
- 1890
- Description
- This photograph was taken around 1890, when the Mall was landscaped according to a design by Andrew Jackson Downing. Rather than the wide open lawn edged with trees we see today, this section of the Mall was covered in small evergreens with a winding path. This deer may have been wild, enjoying a forested spot in the city, or part of the Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals.
- Source
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. View original.
- Coverage
- 1890-1919
- 1860-1889
- Original Format
- Photographic print
Item: Deer on the Mall