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.

Center spread of September 23 1920 program

Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the National Shrine on September 23, 1920.

Aerial photo of Catholic University campus, ca. 1931.

The photograph has been labelled to indicate which buildings were erected during Shahan's rectorship. However, the Salve Regina office building erected in 1920 is out of the frame. Note that the crypt level of the National Shrine is incomplete.