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U.S. Capitol – Vintage Print

U.S. Capitol — historic image
U.S. Capitol. Historic image from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of U.S. Capitol. 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. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

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The U.S. Capitol sits on Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall, and its dome and wings have anchored the city's skyline since the building was first occupied by Congress in 1800. Construction began in 1793 under the design of William Thornton, with later work by Benjamin Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch, and the building was burned by British troops in 1814 before being rebuilt. Its cast-iron dome, completed during the Civil War, is worth a second look for the statue of Freedom crowning its peak.

Original scan1,456 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
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