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[North view of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Photo Print

[North view of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[North view of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [North view of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[North view of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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Taken from the north, this view shows the broad north front of the U.S. Capitol and the cast-iron dome that Thomas U. Walter designed, completed in 1866 shortly after the Civil War. The 8-by-10-inch glass plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its large catalog of American scenery and city views sold to travelers and publishers in the early 1900s. The record notes that the negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949, which shows how widely these commercial plates circulated. Views like this one document the building as it appeared in the years before the city changed much around it.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 8189" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039982. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCapitols.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69378

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