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United States Capitol – Vintage Print

United States Capitol, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
United States Capitol, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print 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.)

Description

This historic print of United States Capitol brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The record for this print names only the United States Capitol, with no date on the shelflist card, so the picture's exact age and maker are uncertain. Its catalog entry is tied to a shelflist card bearing the name Geo. E. Perine, which is the most concrete clue about where it came from. The Capitol itself has stood on Capitol Hill in Washington since the federal government moved to the city, and its dome and wings have been rebuilt, expanded, and altered many times over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Views like this one were widely reproduced, so the building's changing silhouette is worth noticing when comparing it with other images of the same place.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Perine, Geo.E.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137796

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