Snowy Capitol dome with horse-drawn sleighs and wagons – Vintage Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Snowy Capitol dome with horse-drawn sleighs and wagons. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Snowy Capitol dome with horse-drawn sleighs and wagons
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Sleighs and wagons share a snowy avenue below the Capitol dome, a scene that would have been ordinary in Washington during a hard winter before cars dominated the streets. The U.S. Capitol's cast-iron dome, completed during the Civil War in the 1860s, rises behind the bare trees and the slow traffic, showing how the city's grand government center sat alongside working horse transport. Winter streets like this one were a regular part of daily life in the capital, when horses pulled freight, passengers and families through the snow.
| Original scan | 4,254 × 2,756 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 18820u Snow scene, Capitol 1909-1923 |
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