Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 image captures Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, 1909 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.
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Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, 1909
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Richmond in 1909 was the capital of Virginia and still carried the weight of its Confederate past, having served as the seat of the Confederate government during the Civil War. The city was a center of tobacco manufacturing, with cigarette factories and warehouses along the James River, and its streets were served by an expanding network of electric streetcars that the Richmond city government and private companies had helped build in the 1890s. Capitol Square, laid out around Thomas Jefferson's state capitol building, was the civic heart of this world, where legislators met, veterans gathered, and monuments to Virginia's public men stood on the grounds. For residents, the square was both a working seat of state government and a place of ceremony.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,723 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Capitol Square, Richmond, Va. |
| Reference | VA Capitol Square, Richmond 1909 |
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