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[Botanical Gardens Washington D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Botanical Gardens Washington D.C.], 1865 — historic photograph
[Botanical Gardens Washington D.C.], 1865. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Botanical Gardens Washington D.C.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The United States Botanic Garden, shown here, occupied ground on the Capitol grounds at the foot of Capitol Hill, so it was closely tied to the government's work in the city. This stereograph card pairs the garden with the Capitol, which rose just beyond it. Stereograph cards like this were viewed through a stereoscope, which fused two slightly offset photographs into a single image with apparent depth. Sold widely in the 1860s, they remain a useful record of how the capital looked during and just after the Civil War.

Created / published1865
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
NotesTitle from item. · Carson Marian S. collector.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington D.C.)--1860-1870. United States Botanic Garden--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan5,659 × 2,839 px · prints to 19 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif11674_BotanicalGardensWashingtonDC

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