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East Front and southeast lawn, U.S. Capitol – Antique Print

East Front and southeast lawn, U.S. Capitol, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
East Front and southeast lawn, U.S. Capitol, [ca. 1920]. 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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This historic photograph of East Front and southeast lawn, U.S. Capitol brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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East Front and southeast lawn, U.S. Capitol

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The east front of the U.S. Capitol is the side that faces the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress across the grounds, and it is the approach most visitors saw first when arriving by carriage or on foot in the early twentieth century. This view takes in the broad lawn on the southeast side, where the building's east elevation rises above the terraces and the landscaped grounds designed in the nineteenth century. Dating from about 1920, the print captures the Capitol as it looked before later expansions and the 1960s extension of the grounds reshaped the surroundings. Because the caption card is unverified, the exact photographer and date remain uncertain, but the image still records the setting in the years after World War I.

Created / published[ca. 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,248 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155308

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