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Aerial view of the Capitol Hill area, Wash., D.C., ca. 1920 – Antique Photo Print

Aerial view of the Capitol Hill area, Wash., D.C., ca. 1920, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
Aerial view of the Capitol Hill area, Wash., D.C., ca. 1920, [ca. 1920]. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Aerial view of the Capitol Hill area, Wash., D.C., ca. 1920 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Aerial view of the Capitol Hill area, Wash., D.C., ca. 1920

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The Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., is shown from above in this print, with the Capitol building itself as the clear anchor of the view. Aerial photography was still new around 1920, so images like this were rare and captured a city that was growing quickly around the federal core. The neighborhoods that ring the Capitol were home to congressional staff, workers and residents whose daily lives unfolded in the streets below. The date and details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the exact vantage point and year are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published[ca. 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,055 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114932

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