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Union Station Washington, D.C., 1906 – Antique Wall Art

Union Station Washington, D.C., 1906, 1907 — antique lithograph
Union Station Washington, D.C., 1906, 1907. Antique lithograph 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: Union Station Washington, D.C., 1906, preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Union Station Washington, D.C., 1906

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Union Station opened in 1907 as the consolidated rail terminal for Washington, a Beaux-Arts building designed by Daniel Burnham that was set just northeast of the Capitol and meant to be seen as the city's grand front door. This chromolithograph, printed in Philadelphia by Breuker & Kessler, reflects the period's taste for color views of major civic buildings, which were sold to a public eager to see the new capital. Its appeal lies in how it presents the station as both a working railroad hub and a monument, with the bright printed colors giving the scene a polished, promotional sheen.

Created / published1907
Mediumprint, chromolithograph
NotesPhiladelphia: Breuker & Kessler Co
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 1,806 px · prints to 10 × 6 in at 300 dpi
Reference1906 32

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