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[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast] – Historic Photograph Print

[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast], [ca. 1863] — historic photograph
[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast], [ca. 1863]. 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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A window into the past: [Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol, looking southeast]

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Taken from the Capitol and looking southeast, this view shows a part of the city that is less often photographed: the Washington Navy Yard along the Anacostia River and the Ebenezer United Methodist Church nearby. Around 1863 the capital was crowded with troops, government clerks and wartime construction, and the Navy Yard was a working center for naval ordnance and shipbuilding. The albumen print, made on paper coated with egg white, was the standard photographic process of the period and gives the scene a fine, detailed surface.

Created / published[ca. 1863]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreCityscape photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsWashington Navy Yard--1860-1870. Ebenezer United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,322 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203515

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