Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome

Title: Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome
Creator: Works Progress Administration
Date: 1936
Description: This excerpt from a video about daily life in Washington, DC, shows people engaged in sports activities on and around the Mall. A section of West Potomac Park, near the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, has been used as a polo ground since the early 1900s. In addition to the golf course which is still open today in East Potomac Park, in the 1930s there was a golf course just south of the present site of the Korean War Memorial. There was a whites-only swimming pool near the Washington Monument during the 1930s and 40s.
Source: National Archives at College Park. View original.
Coverage: 1920-1949
Transcription: Instrumental music
Duration: 12s, original video 9:44
Original Format: Film