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U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C., [1941(?)] — historic photograph
U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C., [1941(?)]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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A window into the past: U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few buildings in Washington state their purpose as plainly as this one. The Supreme Court moved into its own marble home on First Street NE, across from the Capitol, in 1935, after decades of sitting in chambers inside the Capitol itself. Architect Cass Gilbert gave it a colonnade of Corinthian columns and carved the phrase "Equal Justice Under Law" above the entrance. The photograph is part of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection, whose pictures documented American life and institutions in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Created / published[1941(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesFarm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 15-762.
SubjectsUnited States.--Supreme Court--1940-1950. Government buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,314 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183163

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