Aerial photo of Catholic University campus, ca. 1931.

The Great Upper Church ca. 1970, as seen from McMahon Hall.

Drawing of the proposed Shrine by the chosen architects, Maginnis and Walsh.

Group of unidentified laborers posing in front of crypt level on September 12, 1923.

Pulleys, ladders, debris, and unidentified laborers at the construction site o the crypt church on September 12, 1923.

Unidentified laborers posing on the active construction site of the crypt church on November 10, 1923. In the background sits McMahon Hall.

1931 guide book with floor plan, history, and photographs of the crypt level.

Unidentified laborer posing with the foundation stone in situ, during the construction of the crypt church. Note that the date inscribed in Latin on the stone follows the Roman calendar; it reads “eight days prior to the first of October,” which…

McKenna and Shahan, center, posing in front of the foundation stone, which is on the back of the Sexton & Sons truck. James Sexton was the donor of the stone.

The small article published in the June 1919 issue of Salve Regina announcing that an architect for the National Shrine had been chosen.