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[View of the U.S. Capitol, at night, in rain] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[View of the U.S. Capitol, at night, in rain], c1919. — historic photograph
[View of the U.S. Capitol, at night, in rain], c1919.. 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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Step back in time with [View of the U.S. Capitol, at night, in rain], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Rain and darkness reduce the U.S. Capitol to a soft, glowing mass in this view from about 1919, with its lit facade and dome rising out of the wet night. The photograph is credited to Grenbeaux and was deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office, which is why a copy survives in the Library of Congress collection. Night exposures in the 1910s required long shutter times, so moving rain and passing lights would have blurred into streaks. The dome, finished in the 1860s, had by then become a familiar symbol of the capital.

Created / publishedc1919.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ232534 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Grenbeaux.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. Night--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. Rain--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,281 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182658

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