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House of Reps., U.S. Capitol – Antique Print

House of Reps., U.S. Capitol, n/a — historic photograph
House of Reps., U.S. Capitol, n/a. 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: House of Reps., U.S. Capitol, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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House of Reps., U.S. Capitol

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The House chamber in the south wing of the U.S. Capitol is the subject here, shown through a glass negative of the kind Bain News Service used for its press pictures. The House met in that room from 1857 until the mid-1950s, when it moved to a larger space, so the photograph captures a working legislative hall that shaped national debate for generations. Because the record gives no date and the title comes from unverified caption data, the exact year is uncertain. The Bain collection, however, is a valuable window into early twentieth-century Washington, when newspapers depended on agency photographs of Congress at work.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan6,915 × 5,445 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-2723

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