Washington Monument, canal, and baseball grounds This illustration accompanied an article discussing <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/281">efforts to restart construction on the Washington Monument</a>, with hopes to complete the monument by the national centennial in 1876. The point of view of the illustration is from the Mall's <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/319">baseball grounds</a>, now the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/315">White House Ellipse</a>. In between the baseball grounds and the monument is the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/41">Washington Canal</a>, with sailboats and barges in it, possibly carrying goods to market in the city. The people in the illustration include wealthy white men as well as black and white laborers. <em>Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper</em>, December 12, 1874, via the Library of Congress. <a>View original</a>. 1874 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>